American Dream Video (MV)

It was me and my brother sister and mother
Down in a valley and out in the cold
Wasn't long before 19 when sis joined the gypsies
Brother the marines and I hit the road
In the hills of Virginia the shit that they'll tell ya
Will have you in stitches and blow you away
So when I had it my way I took to the highway
Said goodbye to my mama and went on my way
And she'd say go fight the good fight
Like a boat out on the sea
Set the course, test the waters
And carry on the american dream
I was bursting with laughter shortly thereafter
To hear each of us tell how we'd put up a fight
Brother in Bahrain, sis with a girlfriend
Me in a dive bar night after night
And we'd go fight the good fight
Like a boat out on the sea
Set the course, test the waters
And carry on the american dream
Well now life has a way of handing
A hand you never meant to hold
But it comes down to how you play it
To see just where it goes
I will always remember the 6th of December
When the call that I got took the wind out my sails
The docs had no answer for Mom's type of cancer
And heaven came down in what felt like a gale
And now here I am a guitar and a band
Ain't up in the big time but love singing to you
And me, sis, and brother remember our mother
And live out her dreamin' in all that we do
When we go fight the good fight
Like a boat out on the sea
Set the course, test the waters
And carry on the american dream