All this time I was thinkin' about technical reciperate Like those old films Blue waves The white text over it Like those crystal water summers I am happy under it Oh, just me in the sea with blue light for company And that, all this time I was tryin' to be James Dean, pristine, suntanned, underwater Living an american dream California bleach blond Pink scars across the pond Suntanned, underwater, living an american dream I could be a beacon of hell I could live without this swell Live my life in black and white Just like an american dream Oh woah oh oh Oh woah Oh woah Is an american dream Oh woah oh oh Oh woah Oh woah Is an american dream All this time I was thinkin' about Brando Custo 20th century slick back Black and white heroes And he wants to be a pilot And he wants to be a diver And he wants to be, he wants to be Something higher-er! And that, all this time I was tryin' to be James Dean, pristine, suntanned, underwater Living an american dream California bleach blond Pink scars across the pond Suntanned, underwater, living an american dream I could be a beacon of hell I could live without this swell Live my life in black and white Just like an american dream Oh woah oh oh Oh woah Oh woah Is an american dream Oh woah oh oh Oh woah Oh woah Is an american dream In the rain and I'm goin' no where In the sun, I'm already there I'll be the boy with the golden hair I know it's all in America In the rain and I'm goin' no where In the sun, I'm already there I'll be the boy with the golden hair I know it's all in America And that, all this time I was tryin' to be James Dean, pristine, suntanned, underwater Living an american dream California bleach blond Pink scars across the pond Suntanned, underwater, living an american dream I could be a beacon of hell I could live without this swell Live my life in black and white Just like an american dream Oh woah oh oh Oh woah Oh woah Is an american dream Oh woah oh oh Oh woah Oh woah Is an american dream