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An American Dream
Brandon Flowers
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I took the fool's gold from my nickel pocket
(Watched it flake in the morning sun)
When a wave of punishing heat kissed the crown of my head
(Suddenly I was aware of myself)
I picked up the payphone and dialed my parents
(Only I had forgotten my mother had passed)
I heard flapping pages in a creosote bush
(And I walked towards them)
They were full of women
With blurred out crotches and stars for nipples
And an ad for the Red Men burning my lip
That I got from a Guinness World Record holder
For the longest fall living and he walked with a limp
And we sang
Gold and silver, God and glitter
Lights that flicker on hubcap chrome
On the road to Heaven
In Strauss and Stetson
Swimming pools of horsepower
Take me back home
Smoke signals rise from a '44 Chevy Fleetline
On the bridge of the Boulder Dam
I jumped from the edge into the silvery cold Colorado
Taken back by my shock response
Grabbed hold of a billboard that appeared out of nowhere
Asking where I would spend my eternity
Got picked up by Elvis in a Tesla Model X
Jet black '68 Comeback leather
He was clean and sober
And he laughed when I asked him if it was all worth it
Then he cried when he asked about Lisa Marie
Then he passed me the keys and said, "Put it on Jesus"
And we blew through starlight on bricklayers' knees
And we sang
Gold and silver, God and glitter
Lights that flicker on hubcap chrome
On the road to Heaven
In Strauss and Stetson
Swimming pools of horsepower
Take me back home
To the gold and silver, God and glitter
Lights that flicker on hubcap chrome
On the road to Heaven
In Strauss and Stetson
Swimming pools of horsepower
Take me back, take me back home
Take me back home
Take me back, take me back home
Home
Take me back, take me back home