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"The American Dream Is Killing Me" lyrics

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"The American Dream Is Killing Me"

The American Dream is killing me
The American Dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of conspiracy
The American dream is killing me

Send out an S.O.S
It's getting serious
Bulldoze your family home
Now it's a condo

We are not home
Are we not home?
Goddamn, I am so grateful
Forever faithful to

The American Dream is killing me
The American Dream is killing me

People on the street
Unemployed and obsolete
Did you ever learn to read the ransom note

Don't want no huddled masses
TikTok and taxes
Under the overpass
Sleeping in broken glass

We are not well
Are we not well?
Cracked up into the wild
We're pedophiles for

The American Dream is killing me
The American Dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of insanity
The American Dream is killing me
Say!

Woah, woah, woah

From sea to shining sea
Whitewashed upon the beach
My country under siege
On private property

We are not home
Are we not home?
Kiss me, I'm dead inside
Who needs suicide

When the American Dream is killing me
The American Dream is killing me
When it's all double-talk of insanity
The American Dream is killing me


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Writer(s): Frank Edwin Wright Iii, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Ryan Pritchard
"The American Dream Is Killing Me" is the lead single from Green Day's fourteenth studio album, "Saviors". The song was premiered on October 24, 2023, accompanied by the zombie-themed music video directed by Brendan Walter and Ryan Baxley.
Billie Joe Armstrong told about this track which was actually written the last for the album, "As soon we cut it, we said, 'Okay, that's going first.'" He also revealed this single is "a look at the way the traditional American Dream doesn't work for a lot of people – in fact, it's hurting a lot of people."
Green Day debuted this song live during a special appearance at a pop-up concert at Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas on the 20th of October, 2023. The band headlined the "When We Were Young" festival in Vegas and played the track on both festival nights.
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album: "Saviors" (2024)
Green Day - Saviors album cover
The American Dream Is Killing Me
Look Ma, No Brains!
Bobby Sox
One Eyed Bastard
Dilemma
1981
Goodnight Adeline
Coma City
Corvette Summer
Suzie Chapstick
Strange Days Are Here To Stay
Living In The '20s
Father To A Son
Saviors
Fancy Sauce
Fever
(Bonus Track)
Smash It Like Belushi
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Stay Young
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Fuck Off
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Ballyhoo
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Suzie Chapstick (Acoustic)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Father To A Son (Acoustic)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Underdog
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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