American Boy

You came down like the news to the valley
 An American boy dressed in corduroy
 Oh they used to throw parades for the holidays
 But it's different nowadays
 When there's nothing worth that stays
 But life is not about loving anybody else
 At first you lose control and then you lose yourself
 This life is not about loving honey
 At first you lose control then you lose your money
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 Oh you think so much and live so little
 Got your hope stitched on your sleeve
 But you're the one that deceives
 Turning pain into a perfect product
 Modernism is a dream we've been living in between
 But life is not about loving anybody else
 At first you lose control and then you lose yourself
 This life is not about loving honey
 At first you lose control then you lose your money
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 Oh what can you do
 When your mind is a palace but your heart is a menace
 Oh what can you do
 Gonna burn it on a stake to destroy is to create
 Oh what can you do
 When your mind is a palace but your heart is a menace
 Oh what can you do
 There is nothing to debate to destroy is to create