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The Debris of American Dreams

by Who Can Sleep

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Lex wrote this song because she's experiencing deep ambivalence on the topic of the "American Dream."

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Some nights I dream I'll wake like Marilyn Monroe, dream I'll be sluggin like DiMaggio, pick up a pen liked Miller did, everything clearer now, nothing hid. Waterbeds, motel rooms, collecting quarters and liquid screams, dirty rivers, kids who can't read. I can't eat, I can't breathe. I'm choking on the debris of American dreams. I'm choking on the debris of
American dreams.

I'm still amazed by the aero-plane. Living in Virginia I listen for that train. Trees so bare, Marino's beneath, songs overflow while we drink Yuengling. Waterbeds, motel rooms, collecting quarters and liquid screams, dirty rivers, kids who can't read, my bluejeans, drive-in movie screens. I'm patching up the debris of American dreams. I'm patching up the debris of
American dreams.

Glassy-eyed and barefoot I make my life in space, so unsure of the smile creeping across my face. Waterbeds, motel rooms, collecting quarters and liquid screams, dirty rivers, kids who can't read. I love you so but you're not what you seem. I kiss goodbye the debris of
American dreams.

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released December 20, 2018
Singing: Lex Helgerson
Instrument playing: Dean Vivirito
Words and music by Lex
Produced by Dean at The Pope of Atwater Living Room Studio

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Who Can Sleep Portland, Oregon

Based in Portland, OR, "Dean Vivirito and Lex Helgerson saw the electricity between them both musically and romantically from the start. With a fresh and diverse sound combining beautiful guitar melodies with vocal harmonies that could make a grown man cry, we think they are onto something." - The Honeypop ... more

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