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Think of all the things that money can buy 
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A ranch in the mountains and a pleasure for your eye 
A home you can call your own 
 
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Then maybe think of all the things that a dollar bill won't bring 
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Like someone to hold you close and a song for you to sing 
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And then think of all the years that it takes to be a fool 
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Like the lessons you learn in a lifetime like your lifetime was a 
school 
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And then think of all the things that don't turn out what they seem 
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Like the love you thought you owned in the American dream 
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The American dreamer sometimes a thinker sometimes a schemer 
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Sometimes a child sometimes a wise man 
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A lonely sole a great extremer 
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But none the less the American Dreamer