Sugarland

Everyday America

Grew up on a tired road

Learned to smile even when I was fallin' down

Daddy had a hard hand and Mama always had hope

And me and my sister couldn't wait to get out

I fell in love out of college

Good man for the bad year

Visions of sugarplums and boxes of roses

All my girlfriends cried and I was out of here

Oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh, everybody's just gettin' by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big light

Joey stares at a trophy

Took us all away to stay back in '85

Shining moment and a dusty reminder

He never felt so scared, he never felt so alive

We found his toys in the backyard

Daddy's boys, yeah, you know how they like to fight

When they sleep, he swears they're angels

And he wouldn't trade a day for all those Friday nights

Oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh, everybody's just gettin' by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big light

We can laugh, we can cry

We're all just lookin' for the reasons why

In a place so dark can we see the light

Either way it will be alright

Oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh, everybody's just gettin' by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big light

Oh, everybody's dreamin' big

Oh, but everybody's just gettin' by

That's how it goes in everyday America

A little town and a great big light

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