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The American Dream

from Endless Bummer by Smokeshow

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I don't own a gun
Even though honestly it sounds kind of fun
To go and shoot some Tannerite
But that price sounds a little high that
All those kids have to die
While their teachers go underpaid and
Congress gets sold to the NRA
What can I say?

Welcome to the American Dream
You can never wake up from
So everybody grab a gun
Or an AR-15
All you need is a magazine to get in a magazine
Isn't that the American Dream (What a dream)

Oh it's just a culture war and I've stopped keeping score
No I don't read the news anymore (Cause what for)
Yeah the stories never change
They just swap in different names
And the antagonists always look the same (And it's always men, man)
Isn't that strange? (Glitch matrix glitch)

Welcome to the American Dream
You can never wake up from
So everybody grab a gun
Or an AR-15
All you need is a magazine to get in all the magazines
Isn't that the American Dream (What a dream)

Oh I can see it all through your clear backpack
Your plan of attack
In fact I know a little how you feel
Only I'd just kill myself not blame everybody else
Oh the confidence of men (Man)
Can we pretend (We can pretend)

That it was all just an American Dream
We could always wake up from so everybody grab a gun
But not an AR-15
Go on grab a magazine but who needs
30 rounds that's fucking obscene
We could still have fun with your little gun

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from Endless Bummer, released November 7, 2023

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