grew up on a tightrope learned to smile
even when i was falling down
daddy had a hard hand and mama always had hope
and me and my sister couldn’t wait to get out
fell in love out of college
good man but a bad year
visions of sugarplums and boxes of roses
all my girlfriends cried and i was outta here
oh whoa everybody’s dreaming big
oh whoa but everybody’s just getting by
that’s how it goes in everyday america
a little town and a great big life
joey stares at a trophy
took us all the way to state back in ’85
a shining moment and a dusty reminder
he never felt so scared he never felt so alive
now there’s toys in the backyard
daddy’s boys yeah you know how they like to fight
when they sleep he swears they’re angels
he wouldn’t trade a day for all those friday nights
we can laugh we can cry
we’re all just looking for the reasons why
in a place of dark can we see the light
either way it’ll be alright
oh whoa everybody’s dreaming big
oh whoa but everybody’s just getting by
that’s how it goes in everyday america
a little town and a great big life
a little town and a great big life
a little town and a great big life
Artist: Sugarland
Year: 2007
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 124