American Dream

A plain cuppa coffee won't do it today,
 I need a splash of raspberry in a tall skinny latte
 The caffeine fix I need to face this stress
 'Cause I have got no time for
 sleeping, with this schedule I've been keeping
 Climbing up this ladder of success
 So I'll head to Starbucks in my SUV with the GPS and the DVD
 And I'll make some calls along the
 way, and check my schedule for today
 Cause I've gotta make the best use of my time
 When I'm sittin' in the car, when I'm standin' in line
 A minute gone is one you can't replace
 There's no time to sleep in this American Dream
 Looks like I'll have to work late again,
 better call my husband to pick up the kids
 And cancel my appointment with my therapist
 My life is so unorganized, maybe I need a Daytimer of a bigger size
 To help me manage all these daily lists
 So I'll head to Staples in my SUV
 with the CD player and the leather seats
 And check my email as I go, and then my stock portfolio
 Cause I've gotta make the best use of my time
 If I'm gonna keep raisin' that bottom line
 Time is money, everybody knows
 There's no time to waste in this American Dream
 And I would say that my life thus
 far is filled with constant challenges
 Like keeping all these batteries
 charged and checking all these messages
 A simple life doesn't cut it today,
 you gotta make a lot of money and buy a lot of things
 But tell me, please, is this what life's about
 It all seems so complicated, I think this mess is highly overrated
 But it seems to me there's no way out
 Is there no escape, must this be our fate,
 Is there no escape from this American Dream