This American Dream

He met her at a college dance, the year was '39
 A small town in the midwest, amidst cornfields and sky
 He was from a poor family, she was the beauty of the town
 He vowed to make her happy to be true to what he'd found
 They struggled through the first years, money was tight
 Had a son and a daughter, they knew were God's light
 He sold insurance on Main Street and she raised their family
 But something was missing from this American Dream
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 He said my heart is in the right place
 But I can't go on this way
 The things money can't buy are lacking in my life
 And my heart yearns for a new day
 And my heart yearns for a new day
 He built up his business and put some money down
 On a brick house on Park Street, it was the finest street in town
 Children waved when they saw him, in church he sang in the choir
 He prayed for God to help him fulfill this desire
 He sang... Chorus
 He left on a journey, out to see the west
 But he could not put a distance between him and his distress
 So he looked to the Pacific in hopes of changing his life
 And with a heavy heart wrote these words to his wife
 He wrote... Chorus
 The years passed so quickly, his children were full grown
 He and his wife now, were back on their own
 He said "I seem to have everything, but what fools we mortals be?"
 And he passed away quietly from this American Dream
 And he passed away quietly from this American Dream