American Dream

from Odyssey by Piper Radcliffe

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The American dream has been held up as the social ideal that we all can and should aspire to. But like all dreams - there follows an awakening.

lyrics

Set the sails and find your dreams
You can't fail or so it seems
Just to be there ticks the box
This is paradise it rocks

Oh… American dream

Read the papers hear the news
All the TVs and radios
None of this is what it seems
No one really knows what it means

Oh… American dream

What you see and what you get
It's nothing like what people said
Take the strain and pay your dues
It's all for them there's none for you

Oh… this American dream

Chorus
You can try to play the game
Climb aboard the gravy train
From the top it's such a view
But mind the gap it's meant for you

If you're needy join the queue
But get in line it's not just you
We're at the back we're out of luck
If this is paradise it sucks

Oh… this American dream

Why build walls if there's nothing behind
Why build walls if there's nothing to find
Why build walls you must have something to hide

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from Odyssey, released May 8, 2021

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Piper Radcliffe Manchester, UK

Piper Radcliffe epitomises the musical story teller in his lyrics and the connective tissue of melody in their delivery.

His music offers a visceral account of the emotions that depict and drive human experience.

These are Piper Radcliffe's stories - but they're everyone's stories too.

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