American Life      Do I have to change my name?   Will it get me far?   Should I lose some weight?   Am I gonna be a star?      I tried to be a boy   I tried to be a girl   I tried to be a mess   I tried to be the best   I guess I did it wrong   That's why I wrote this song   This type of modern life   Is it for me?   This type of modern life   Is it for free?      So I went into a bar   Looking for sympathy   A little company   I tried to find a friend   It's more easily said   It's always been the same   This type of modern life   Is not for me   This type of modern life   Is not for free      Chorus:      American life [American life]   I live the American dream [American dream]   You are the best thing I've seen   You are not just a dream [American life]      I tried to stay ahead   I tried to stay on top   I tried to play the part   But somehow I forgot   Just what I did it for   And why I wanted more   This type of modern life   Is it for me?   This type of modern life   Is it for free?      Do I have to change my name?   Will it get me far?   Should I lose some weight?   Am I gonna be a star?      (chorus)      American life      I tried to be a boy   Tried to be a girl   Tried to be a mess   Tried to be the best   Tried to find a friend   Tried to stay ahead   I tried to stay on top      (Spoken:)   Fuck it      Do I have to change my name?   Will it get me far?   Should I lose some weight?   Am I gonna be a star?      Uh, uh, uh, uh      (Spoken:)   Fuck it      (Spoken:)   I'm drinkin' a soy latte   I get a double shoté   It goes right through my body   And you know I'm satisfied   I drive my Mini Cooper   And I'm feeling super-duper   Yo they tell me I'm a trooper   And you know I'm satisfied   I do yoga and pilates   And the room is full of hotties   So I'm checking out their bodies   And you know I'm satisfied   I'm diggin' on the isotope   This metaphysics shit is dope   And if all this can give me hope   You know I'm satisfied   I got a lawyer and a manager   An agent and a chef   Three nannies, an assistant   And a driver and a jet   A trainer and a butler   And a bodyguard or five   A gardener and a stylist   Do you think I'm satisfied?      I'd like to express my extreme point-of-view   I'm not a Christian and I'm not a Jew   I'm just living out the American dream   And I just realized that nothing is what it seems      Do I have to change my name?   Am I gonna be a star?   Do I have to change my name?