16 year old girl, in a hollow cooped up place   Just looking for some prettiness   But the cuts in her arm don't pay for her, very pretty view   In her mind, she dreams that she is, far away from      The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls   The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls      A concrete city hell   (City hell)   Suburbs that never end   (Just like an ocean)   One parent lives in each of them   Passed back and forth the upscrew to escape those bitter homes   He's just one of desperate ranks, who can't break free from      The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls   The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls      I just want you to know   There are white houses full of fucked up kids like you and me   (Can't find a place)   So many lost in stride, caught in an endless fight   To leave this empty ugly place   I'm leaving U.S.A.      The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls   The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls      The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls   The bright lights of America, life and death in a sold out 'erica   To live and die in the heart of America, where they sell souls