World Outside

when i was a young lad growin up on my own 
just wanted to escape needed a place to run 
did not know where to go but destiny won 

now i have grown into the man that you see 
waiting for life to throw me a bone 
wanting that dream something to call my own
 yeah we all kinda want that 
picket fence dream of a home tho it all varietys in the mind 
they say it all will come just give it time 

life liberty happiness seem to be things of the past 
if its not some war its the economy again 
this place use to be the american dream
now its just broken pieces of what a country use to be 

whats of the future no one really knows 
shall we rise up and take back our home 
will it be blood shed hell like ways of the past 
or shall we learn from our fore fathers peaceful visions instead 

life liberty happiness seem to be things of the past 
if its not some war its the economy again 
this place use to be the american dream
now its just broken pieces of what a country use to be
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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