American Dreamer Songtext
von Brooks & Dunn

I know a woman
Her husband died, and he left her with two little children
So she went back to school, and she got a degree in business
Yeah, now she owns one

And she taught those kids you can do anything
With the heart of a true believer
Yeah, she′s an American dreamer

And I've got a woman
And she waits for me with the light on ′cause she knows I'm coming
And she talks about babies and building a house in the country
Yeah, where it's sunny

And she′s got faith that can do anything
But she′ll never know how much I need her
Yeah, she's an American Dreamer


Back in the sixties, well, Haggard′s in prison
He's thinking ′bout writing a tune
And a guy named Armstrong was crazy enough
To think he could walk on the moon

And a preacher named King, well, he had him a dream
He believed we could all live as one
And a soldier somewhere is praying for peace
While he's cleaning his gun
American dreamers

And I had a father
He said "Son, if something ain′t real, then you don't even bother"
And he wasn't a saint, but I′d swear the man walked on water
Yeah, and he taught me

I ain′t just a long-legged hell-raising
Son of a pipelining, honky-tonk singer
Yeah, I'm an American dreamer

(Dream as big as you want to) I′m an American dreamer
(There ain't nothing you can′t do) I'm an American dreamer
(Dream as big as you want to) I′m an American dreamer