"Flipside Of The American Dream" lyrics

"Flipside Of The American Dream"

This is the flip side of the American Dream
This is the riptide of the American Dream

No way up from here
No way up from here

When the county fair was over
We went drinking in the sundown
She said, "Pull yourself together, man
And put that stupid gun down"

No way up from here
No way up from here

This is the flip side of the American Dream
This is the riptide of the American Dream
This is the flip side of the American Dream

I was up in Cedars-Sinai
Reaping consequences
Almost a dead man by the time I
Staggered to my senses


Writer(s): Michael Scott
compilation: "The Waterboys Present: Rips From The Cutting Room Floor" (2025)
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