EVERYDAY AMERICA

 

Grew up on a tightrope

Learned to smile even when I was fallin’ down

Daddy had a hard hand,  and momma always had hope

And me and my sister couldn’t wait to get out

 

I fell in love out of college

A good man but a bad year

Visions of sugar plums and boxes of roses

All my girlfriends cried, and I was out of here.

 

Oh oh oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh oh oh, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life

 

Joey stares at  trophy

He took us all the way to state back in ’85

A shinning moment and a dusty reminder

He never felt so scared, he never felt so alive

 

But now there’s toys in the back yard

Daddy’s boys, yeah, you know how they like to fight

When they sleep, he swears they are angels

And he wouldn’t trade a day for all those

Friday nights. 

 

Oh oh oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh oh oh, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life

 

We can laugh, we can cry

We’re all just looking for the reasons why

We face the dark  till we  see the light either way it’ll be alright

 

Oh oh oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh oh oh, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life  

 

Oh oh oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh oh oh, everybody's just getting by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big life   

 

A little town and a great big life

A little town and a great big life

I don' need no other life