American TV

[Intro]

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]

Summer house in the woods

Garden gates closed for good

I don't even think about it now

Looking out every day

Private drive, fields of hay

Really nothing to write home about

[Pre-Chorus]

I'll wake up tomorrow with an aching head

And not 'cause I did anything I'll regret

I just get that sometimes

I'll wake up tomorrow, then go to sleep

It's the new frontier

It's the American Dream, and I'll make it sometime

Mm

[Chorus]

And I know this isn't TV

There's no twenty-minute slot

I can't cast someone to be mе

I can't find the perfect shots

So I takе what I am given

And I see there's a limit

I take what I am given

I'll make do with what I've got

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]

Brush my hair, let it dry

Turn the air up too high

Drive until it curls around my ear (Ooh)

Burning bridge turns to ash

Bottle it, bury that

What would happen if it's dead for years? (Ooh)

[Pre-Chorus]

I'll wake up tomorrow with blood on my sheets

There's a cut on my leg that I scratched in my sleep

And it's been there ages

I'll wake up tomorrow, and it's just like today

With a scar that's no closer to fading away

I'll forget it later

[Chorus]

And I know this isn't TV

There's no writer, there's no plot

I can't cast someone to be me

I can't find the perfect shots

So I take what I am given

Oh, I waste so many minutes

I take what I am given

I'll make do with what I've got

[Post-Chorus]

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

[Outro]

And I know this isn't TV

But I haven't got a clue

There's no audience to see me

If there is, they're not in view

So I take what I am given

Oh, I take what I am given

I just take what I am given

It's the best that I can do

Ooh-ooh

Oh-oh