| I used to see you on every T.V. | 
| Your smiling face looked back at me. | 
| I used to see you on every T.V. | 
| Your smiling face looked back at me. | 
| Then they caught you with the girl next door, | 
| People’s money piled on the floor, | 
| Accusations that you try to deny, | 
| Revelations and rumors begin to fly. | 
| Now you think about reaching out | 
| Try to get some help from above. | 
| Now you think about reaching out | 
| Try to get some help from above. | 
| Reporters crowd around your house. | 
| Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, | 
| Speculating what they may find out, | 
| It don’t matter now, you’re all washed up. | 
| You wake up in the middle of the night. | 
| Your sheets are wet and your face is white, | 
| You tried to make a good thing last, | 
| How could something so good, go bad, so fast? | 
| American dream, American dream | 
| American dream, American dream. | 
| Don’t know when things went wrong, | 
| Might have been when you were young and strong. | 
| Don’t know when things went wrong, | 
| Might have been when you were young and strong. | 
| Reporters crowd around your house. | 
| Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, | 
| Speculating what they may find out, | 
| It don’t matter now, you’re all washed up. | 
| Don’t know when things went wrong, | 
| Might have been when you were young and strong. | 
| American dream, American dream. | 
| Don’t know when things went wrong, | 
| Might have been when you were young and strong. | 
| American dream, American dream. | 
| Lead Vocal: Neil Young | 
| Drums: Joe Vitale | 
| Bass: Bob Glaub | 
| Electric Guitar: Neil Young | 
| Keyboards: Stephen Stills | 
| Hand-claps: Niko Bolas, Tim Mulligan, Tim Foster, Brentley Walton |