American Way Lyrics - Soundtrack Exclusives & Rarities - Blues Traveler

In the picture is a tepee 

I can handle this every day 

I'm down here at johnny's restaurant, and so 

I don't care about em lagging in their way 

Oh, the principles of power 

Grow balanced every year 

Though I may not survive, it's the next man 

For whom the crowd should cheer 

And this is the american way 

Yeah this is the american way 

Just roll the dice, and we come to play 

Give me the american way 

I could have come from sweden 

But I would have gotten tired 

And the struggle for my family's life or death 

It keeps my heart inspired 

Yes we like to face the gamble 

And we love to make the stand 

And we worship in the shopping malls 

With lotto tickets in our hand 

And this is the american way 

Yeah this is the american way 

Just roll the dice, and we come to play 

Give me the american way 

Call it a travesty or an empire 

But I prefer to call it home 

No matter trod the horseman 

Will soon become to rome 

I said maybe the rules are broken 

But tradition's kept alive 

There just isn't one miracle 

But thirty little tries