America and a Beer

[Verse] Rust and dirt America’s dreams grind roots deep Concrete jungle blues city streets Flag waves high illusion’s cheap Freedom’s distant song never sleep [Verse 2] Cheap booze and broken roads lonely nights Workers sweat blood no clear sight Sun burned lands blessed in blight Taverns hide pain flames ignite [Chorus] America oh America land of tears and beer Raise a glass to shattered dreams and the fear Promises lost in the rear view mirror Drink away the hope sorrow’s sneer [Verse 3] Metal gods on mountaintops cold stare Hard boots crush earth they don’t care Stars and stripes high up in polluted air Whiskey solace round tables they share [Bridge] Beneath the neon lights moon gone dark Echoes of a scream dogs still bark Dreams scattered like glass truth’s stark Beer in hand future a pale arc [Verse 4] From Brooklyn grime to Midwest plains so wide Voices rise loud nowhere to hide Empty cans clink hearts collide In this land of the free where dreams have died