American Dreaming Lyrics - Toward The Within (live) - Dead Can Dance

i need my conscience to keep watch over me 

to protect me from myself 

so i can wear honesty like a crown on my head 

when i walk into the promised land 

we've been too long american dreaming i think we've all lost the way 

forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark 

i'm in love with an american girl 

well she's my best friend 

i love her surreptitious smile 

that hides the pain within her 

and we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter 

and leave alone by the shores 

feel alone in the brands of rapture 

and leave alone for the loss 

faith on the lea the rising wind blows 

faith on the lea the rising wind blows 

how long? how long? 

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here alone on the grounds of allegiances 

we've left behind 

turned back by the foot of the doorway 

never lost and found 

we've been too long american dreaming 

i think we've all lost the heart 

forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark 

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