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