All American Songtext

von Down By Law

Combat boots and a scratched up record
Signed by the hero of long ago
A pair of vans, some torn up blue jeans
This is his world, that's what he knows

He's gonna find a girl who thinks like he does
Gonna grow older but never old

Heard his first punk song when he was sixteen
'Minor Threat' I think it was
Twenty-four, now he hates his job
Used to know why, now it's just because

Gonna find a girl who thinks like he does
Gonna grow older but never old
He's following a different drum
For him these are the years of gold

Skates a lot, he likes the older wheels
Big and green with independent trucks
He had a girlfriend, they broke up last week
She said his friends were useless fucks

In high school the teachers all thought that he was stupid
Till he got As when he wanted to in class
He's watching out for the football jocks
So far they haven't kicked his ass

He's gonna find a girl who thinks like he does
He's gonna grow older but never old
He's following a different drum
For him these are the years of gold