American Child

You've come to hate sunny days and beautiful weather
Because it was in the rain when you first got together
Supermarket aisles and cobalt sky
Fluorescent like these highway lines 'cause fool

You've gone and loved an American child
Don't you know they forget their goodbyes?
What you leave, that one picture in their mind
To count year to year who they left behind?

But it feels like a dream
A red-and-blue dream
All that green light across the bay
Couldn't tear you away from this, American child, American
American child, American
American child, American

You've come to hate evening time and the restless silence
When laugh tracks die and your wit runs dry and it's just so quiet
In the supermarket aisles and cobalt sky
American eyes say the end is nigh, you fool

Tryna keep up with an American child
Already know they forget their goodbyes
Better leave good impressions in their mind
So they think of you fondly as they pass you by

But it feels like a dream
A red-and-blue dream
All that green light across the bay
Couldn't tear you away from this, American child, American
American child, American
American child, American

Ooh, ooh American child, American
American child, American
American child, American
(Ooh, ooh) American child, American
American child, American
American child, American

American child, American
American child, American
American child, American