Fading American Dream - Street Dogs

Working hard from day to day now
日复一日拼命工作
I get a check that barely lasts
微薄薪水转眼成空
I'm just another no choice member in
不过是山姆大叔绝望阶级里
Uncle Sam's desperation class
又一个身不由己的囚徒
Finding it hard to face my wife new kid born out of shotgun life
意外降临的孩子让妻子难面对
Twenty years old and
二十岁的年纪
I love them both see no sunshine in our skies
深爱着他们却看不见曙光
Silently we pray for turbulence to break
我们默默祈祷命运出现转机
How much more financial stress can we all take
我们还能承受多少经济压力
Getting closer to our limit
已逼近承受的极限
We chase the penthouse from the basement
从地下室追逐顶层公寓的幻梦
Our current rat race we run to stand still
在这场徒劳的竞争中原地踏步
This is our fading
这就是我们逐渐消逝的
American Dream
美国梦
Bad news coming in these higher rent rates gouge us thin
噩耗不断 高涨的房租将我们榨干
The sands of time are running down as we slip further behind
时光流逝 我们却越陷越深
Bleeding my family they're stretched too
家人被榨干 他们已不堪重负
Eviction notes what can
驱逐通知 我能怎么办
I do Twenty years old feel my life's on hold
二十岁的年纪 人生却停滞不前
Yell at a school taught
对着学校怒吼
God oh why
上帝啊为什么
Silently we pray for turbulence to break
我们默默祈祷命运出现转机
How much more financial stress can we all take
我们还能承受多少经济压力
Getting closer to our limit
已逼近承受的极限
We chase the penthouse from the basement
从地下室追逐顶层公寓的幻梦
Our current rat race we run to stand still
在这场徒劳的竞争中原地踏步
This is our fading
这就是我们逐渐消逝的
American Dream
美国梦
Have we ever been above water
我们可曾真正浮出水面
Do we ever see ourselves coming out of it alive
是否还能活着走出这场困境
Getting closer to our limit
已逼近承受的极限
We chase the penthouse from the basement
从地下室追逐顶层公寓的幻梦
Our current rat race we run to stand still
在这场徒劳的竞争中原地踏步
This is our fading
这就是我们逐渐消逝的
American Dream
美国梦
I got no time no to go and cry now
我连哭泣的时间都没有
Leave for a second job don't want to go poor
赶着去做第二份工 生怕陷入贫困
I'm just searching for my dignity
我只是在寻找最后一丝尊严
This is our fading
这就是我们逐渐消逝的
American Dream
美国梦
This is our fading
这就是我们逐渐消逝的
American Dream
美国梦
This is our fading
这就是我们逐渐消逝的
American Dream
美国梦