maybe we will end up moving somewhere
maybe we will stay right here
maybe we will drift to places we don’t know
maybe we end up rich and famous
maybe we will change the world
maybe we will be the sound of rock and roll

I keep dreaming of tomorrow
I keep dreaming of tonight
I keep dreaming of the rest of our lives
I keep dreaming of the future, and I wonder what we’ll find
I keep dreaming of the rest of our lives
the rest of our lives

I can never tell what’s going to happen
I can never know what’s next
who will we become in just a few more years?
maybe we will learn some different hobbies
maybe we will make new friends
what will we be like in just a few more years?

I keep dreaming of tomorrow
I keep dreaming of tonight
I keep dreaming of the rest of our lives
I keep dreaming of the future, and I wonder what we’ll find
I keep dreaming of the rest of our lives
the rest of our lives

the future is open wide
let’s leave all the past behind
and go where our hearts so long to be, long to be
it seems there’s so little time
let’s leave all the past behind
and go where our hearts so long to be, long to be

I’ve tried the advice, I’ve done all the steps
I followed the plan, for a life of success
you gotta make good grades at the grammar school
to go to a college where you’ll be approved
you get a new job making money fast
and then you’re on the perfect path

but I gave all my best for a life of success
and I traded in my soul, climbing the ladders chasing gold
but I’m still not impressed with a life of success
‘cuz the things that I really need, that life has never given to me
hey!

I watch what I eat, get eight hours of sleep
wake up and exercise, but I don’t feel satisfied
I should get a promotion with higher pay
buy a bigger house with designer taste
take a vacation if I’m feeling stressed,
the experts all suggest

but I gave all my best for a life of success
and I traded in my soul, climbing the ladders chasing gold
but I’m still not impressed with a life of success
‘cuz the things that I really need, that life has never given to me
hey!

the story I was sold, the tale that I was told
says all you really need is The American Dream
where bigger’s always best, don’t compromise for less
where wealth is how you win, and fortune is your friend
the story I was sold, the tale that I was told
says all you really need is The American Dream
yeah all you really need is The American Dream

but I gave all my best for a life of success
and I traded in my soul, climbing the ladders chasing gold
but I’m still not impressed with a life of success
‘cuz the things that I really need, that life has never given to me
hey!

I woke up with a new idea, I think it is my best one yet
I’m gonna make an epic invention, and sell it on the internet
first I need to find some partners, I’m looking for some business minds
we’re gonna take a little start-up and become a giant enterprise

so I call all of my family and friends and tell them all about my dream
but they say I should avoid the risk, they’re not as optimistic as me

nobody may ever believe us
but I swear this thing is genius
and we don’t need other opinions
‘cuz I know we’ll be making millions

I opened up a company office, a place for me to concentrate
but we haven’t made a single dollar, so the furniture will have to wait
now I need to find some money, to build a working prototype
I had to spend the cash in my savings, for a logo and a new website

so I call all of the bankers in town and tell them all about my plan
but they won’t give me a business loan, I doubt they even understand

nobody may ever believe us
but I swear this thing is genius
and we don’t need other opinions
‘cuz I know we’ll be making millions

oh I know for sure that I’m an entrepreneur
and an author of innovation
and I’ll place my bets on the things I invent
pretty soon they’ll be sweeping the nation
oh I know for sure that I’m an entrepreneur
I’m a jackpot waiting to happen
and I guarantee, that we’re gonna succeed
all we need is a trillion transactions

nobody may ever believe us
but I swear this thing is genius
and we don’t need other opinions
‘cuz I know we’ll be making millions

we never agreed from the very start,
there was a misunderstanding
I thought you were cool, and then you broke my heart
you’re just a bit too demanding

you only aim for the highest and ask for my best
take all my efforts, but won’t let me rest

so I want to come clean and tell you what I think
I’d like to make a suggestion
you need to slow down and learn to compromise
and take a minute to listen

oh ambition, you keep me wishing
for a life I may never find
you push me harder, you push me farther
up that ladder you make me climb
oh ambition, sometimes I wish that you weren’t mine

I guess I could say when I think of you
I have a sense of suspicion
‘cause I’m not really sure if you’re helping me
so tell me what’s your intention?

you want to make lots of money and buy fancy things
set higher standards and goals to achieve

so I think that it’s time we should have a talk
to try to end this confusion
can we call it a truce and go our separate ways?
a diplomatic solution?

oh ambition, you keep me wishing
for a life I may never find
you push me harder, you push me farther
up that ladder you make me climb
oh ambition, sometimes I wish that
oh ambition, sometimes I wish that
oh ambition, sometimes I wish that you weren’t mine

I played the numbers and won the lottery
I got more money than I could ever need
but it’s not the dream I thought that it would be
I bought a mansion with million dollar views
I bought a boat and a helicopter, too
but the stuff just sits there, it’s not fun for me
now all these people are waiting by my door
I don’t go out there or answer anymore
oh I miss my friends and miss my family

money comes, money goes, it’s very hard to hold
all the dollars I spent, I don’t know where they went
money lost, money made, I’m winning at the game
but it cost me everything, the day I won the lottery
the day I won the lottery

I quit my job and responsibilities
I have more free time than I could ever need
but my motivation just keeps falling flat
I took a cruise to a tropical resort
sat by the beach, but I kept on getting bored
oh I miss the simple pleasures from the past

money comes, money goes, it’s very hard to hold
all the dollars I spent, I don’t know where they went
money lost, money made, I’m winning at the game
but it cost me everything, the day I won the lottery
the day I won the lottery

I’m tired of the cameras, tired of the calls,
tired of the fear that I could lose it all
I wish those lucky numbers were never mine
I lost my inspiration, lost simplicity,
lost the innocence of who I used to be
I wish those lucky numbers were never mine

but money comes, money goes, it’s very hard to hold
all the dollars I spent, I don’t know where they went
money lost, money made, I’m winning at the game
but it cost me everything, the day I won…
la la la, la la la, la la la la la la…
la la la, la la la, la la la la la la…
la la la, la la la, la la la la la la…
but it cost me everything, the day I won the lottery
the day I won the lottery

well I’ve figured out a lot of ways
how to make it through the day
and I have a lot of old routines
that I just can’t seem to shake
‘cause I don’t know how to change the thoughts
caught in my head, caught in my head
and I don’t know how to change myself
and who I have been, who I have been

I know it sounds melodramatic,
but I have been a creature of habit
so all I do is what I have always done, done, done

well I’ve tried a lot of different things,
but they don’t give me relief
and I’ve heard a lot of good advice,
but it brings no help to me
‘cause I don’t know how to stop the sounds
stuck in my head, stuck in my head
and I don’t know how to shut them down
from pulling me in, pulling me in

I know it sounds melodramatic,
but I have been a creature of habit
so all I do is what I have always done, done, done
I know it seems too problematic,
that I am just a creature of habit
so all I do is what I have always done, done, done

I cannot seem to shake it, I cannot seem to break it,
it comes so automatic, it’s a habit, habit, habit
I cannot seem to shake it, I cannot seem to break it,
it comes so automatic, it’s a habit, habit, habit

I know it sounds melodramatic,
but I have been a creature of habit
so all I do is what I have always done, done, done
I know it seems too problematic,
that I am just a creature of habit
so all I do is what I have always done, done, done
all I do is what I have always done, done, done
all I do is what I have always done, done, done

I cannot seem to shake it, I cannot seem to break it,
it comes so automatic, it’s a habit, habit, habit
I cannot seem to shake it, I cannot seem to break it,
it comes so automatic, it’s a habit, habit, habit
all I do is what I have always done, done, done
all I do is what I have always done, done, done