She was a midwestern prom queen   Got her boyfriend headed out West   They ended up in the valley   In a one room apartment   A disconnected phone   Yeah      Now five years later she's single   She's got two kids and a note   And if she gets a moment to herself   She can remember how everything used   To go her way   She says      Where did the time go   When everything was simple and free?   I want to know what happened   Somebody woke me before I could   Have my American Dream      For twenty years he worked corporate   He planned to early retire   His CEO he stole a billion dollars   Now he's working at Denny's   Hoping for a raise   He thinks      Where did the time go   When everything was simple and free?   I want to know what happened   Somebody woke me before I could   Have my American Dream      Yeah, yeah, yeah      I'm a little bit rebel   I'm a bit patriot   I can see they're both sides of the coin   But still it gets a bit rough   Everything is screwed up   I guess it­s just the American way      Sometimes I wonder how you are   You're up in New York City with a family   I think I could have been your guy   It's just a moment in time that is slipping on away      Where did the time go   When everything was simple and free?   I want to know what happened   Somebody woke me before I could have   My American Dream   My American Dream      Yeah, yeah, yeah      She was a midwestern prom queen   Got her boyfriend headed out West