Cemetery kids on a midnight clear
Saying bloody mary in the bathroom mirror
Sneaking natty lights down the stairs of the basement
Ain't much to do, but the night's what you make it
Running down a dream on Stephen King & Kerouac
Children of the corn pink house pink Cadillac
It's not just any old patch of pitchfork dirt
Stop me if you've already heard

The one about
Mellencamp springsteen marijuana seventeen
White frost bean field bonfire kerosene
Red bic lighter in a blue jean pocket
Lost in the land of American gothic yeah

Watching days of our lives on a second hand couch
Nicotine soaked wood panels of the house
Sugar coated wonder bread tastes like candy
Black lipstick first kiss in a camry

Looks a little like
Looks a little like
Mellencamp springsteen marijuana seventeen
White frost bean field bonfire kerosene
Red bic lighter in a blue jean pocket
Lost in the land of American gothic yeah

Real life living
Real life living
Going with the grain
Where the colors ain't fading
Real life living in a real life painting

Looks a little like
Looks a little like
Mellencamp springsteen marijuana seventeen
White frost bean field bonfire kerosene
Red bic lighter in a blue jean pocket
Lost in the land of American gothic yeah

Mellencamp springsteen marijuana seventeen
No plans Sun tan laying on a trampoline
Red bic lighter in a blue jean pocket
Lost in the land of American gothic yeah

Real life living
Real life living
Real life living in a real life living
Real life living
Real life living
Real life living
Real life living in a real life living