American Style

Me and my sister used to run our mouths About growin' up and getting out We're both still livin' in the same damn house And there ain't nobody goin' nowhere My old man Frankie just turned 58 Talks retirement, tells mama someday But they can't make it on that 401k So there ain't nobody goin' nowhere But we're a family, American Style From the hard hats in the steel mills to the farmers on the plow We're all in this together, every mother, man and child We're a family, American Style I got an uncle down in Tennessee Had him a good job buildin' GMC's He got the news, their plant's headed overseas And there ain't nobody goin' nowhere And my main man Mike he's living on my couch I bring my girlfriend in my momma's house And the bank's trying to kick everybody out But there ain't nobody goin' nowhere Cause we're a family, American Style From the hard hats in the steel mills to the farmers on the plow We're all in this together, every mother, man and child We're a family, American Style And oh, the red, white and blue Hey, it was built on folks like me and you Yeah, yeah, yeah To all the good folks workin' overtime And all you soldiers on the battle lines Just know I got your back, hell I know you got mine Get up, get up We're a family, American Style If you feel the way I do Stand up and say it loud, yeah, yeah, yeah We're a family, American Style From the hard hats in the steel mills to the farmers on the plow We're all in this together, every mother, man and child We're a family, we're a family American Style We're a family, we're a family American Style We're a family, we're a family