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