In the picture is a tepee   I can handle this every day   I'm down here at johnny's restaurant, and so   I don't care about em lagging in their way   Oh, the principles of power   Grow balanced every year   Though I may not survive, it's the next man   For whom the crowd should cheer      And this is the american way   Yeah this is the american way   Just roll the dice, and we come to play   Give me the american way      I could have come from sweden   But I would have gotten tired   And the struggle for my family's life or death   It keeps my heart inspired   Yes we like to face the gamble   And we love to make the stand   And we worship in the shopping malls   With lotto tickets in our hand   And this is the american way   Yeah this is the american way   Just roll the dice, and we come to play   Give me the american way      Call it a travesty or an empire   But I prefer to call it home   No matter trod the horseman   Will soon become to rome   I said maybe the rules are broken   But tradition's kept alive   There just isn't one miracle   But thirty little tries      Yeah, that's the american way   This is the american way   Yeah, this is the american way   All the players have been played and played and played   They love the american way   That's why we want to stay   Give up the american way   Just roll the dice and we come to play