Brandon Flowers - An American Dream

Brandon Flowers - An American Dream Lyrics by Boots & Ballads Stream "An American Dream":    • An American Dream   Subscribe to Boots & Ballads for all your country music needs 🤠 Lyrics: I took the fool's gold from my nickel pocket Watched it flake in the morning sun When a wave of punishing heat Kissed the crown of my head Suddenly I was aware of myself I picked up the pay phone and dialed my parents Only I had forgotten my mother had passed I heard flapping pages in a creosote bush I walked towards them They were full of women With blurred out crotches And stars for nipples And an ad for the Red Man burning my lip That I got from a Guinness World Record Holder For the longest fall living And he walked with a limp And we sang Gold and silver, God and glitter Lights that flicker on hubcap chrome On the road to Heaven In Strauss and Stetson Swimming pools of horsepower Take me back home Smoke signals rise from a ‘44 Chevy Fleetline On the bridge of the Boulder Dam I jump from the edge Into the silvery cold Colorado Taken back by my shock response I grabbed hold of a billboard That appeared out of nowhere Asking where I would spend my eternity Got picked up by Elvis in a Tesla Model X Jet-black ‘68 comeback leather He was clean and sober And he laughed when I asked him if it was all worth it And he cried when he asked about Lisa Marie Then he passed me the keys and said, "Put it on Jesus" And we blew through starlight on bricklayers’ knees And we sang Gold and silver, God and glitter Lights that flicker on hubcap chrome On the road to heaven In Strauss and Stetson Swimming pools of horsepower Take me back home To the gold and the silver God and glitter Lights that flicker on hubcap chrome On the road to heaven In Strauss and Stetson Swimming pools of horsepower Take me back Take me back home Take me back home Take me back Take me back home Home Take me back Take me back home #BrandonFlowers #AnAmericanDream #lyrics Brandon Flowers An American Dream Brandon Flowers An American Dream Lyrics An American Dream Lyrics An American Dream Brandon Flowers Brandon Flowers An American Dream