Tech N9ne - American Princess lyrics

All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Their tears are filling up their gla**es No expression, no expression Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow No tomorrow, no tomorrow It started in a nice suburban home with white picket fences This was the a life of a little princess Such a happy girl with pigtails and curls Such a bright future when daddy gave her the world She got a Benz on her sweet sixteen the most popular Nominated the highschool queen and her father was being quite nice I mean not like a father's love, more like something else it seems I know it bothers her wishing she could wake from this dream. I know it's haunting her nobody was there to hear her scream what has her father done she wishes she was eighteen So she can up and run as far away as she can be 'cause... All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere She met a guy and his name was Jack He served 12 weeks in basic training now he's off to Iraq She holds her breath and counts the days till he flies back But he never will cause Jack has died in combat Her hope it seems her broken dreams now filled the body bag And in return for his life she gets a folded flag With some dogtags, but man it's so sad The fact Jack will never have a chance to be a dad She broke down when she heard this Knowing that money's the only purpose for Jack joining the service And now she is nervous her kid is crying and the bills are piling in She keeps a smile on the surface All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere American princess is now a queen But without a king Her weary eyes has seen a lot of things Not always pleasent but the future brings A former shell of herself She is on the streets now she is doing things Drugs and alcohol can only help to ease the pain But it seems like nothing in this life can hide her shame Walking in the rain, and man it's so strange She is thinking to herself how the hell the world changed A car pulls up along the curb side another customer It's time to get inside She demands to get her money before she goes farther The man turns his face, it was her own father. All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere Their tears are filling up their gla**es No expression, no expression Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow No tomorrow, no tomorrow All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere