Scratch the surface of this promised land,

American dreams can fall away,

the Vietnam vet gazes at the stars,

gimme a dollar, if not a dime,

believe, that’s what they say,

but reality is just a block away,

honky tonk music looking for the honky tonk man,

follow a neighbour, dreams fall away,

here cometh the time, repent ye souls,

baptist church all about town,

scratch the surface of this promised land,

American dreams can fall away.