Makin money is easy when you got a degree
At least that’s what they told me when I was seventeen
Now all my friend are workin three jobs, not makin a dent in their debt
Sub contract dog walkin masters, paying rent till we’re dead
I’m an American
Hard Workin American
It shouldn’t happen me
My good friends mom lost her job, she’s turning fifty-three in a week
She worked hard all her life for a pension and a good salary
She got a call the other day, said her job is goin to MACHINES
Unemployment kicks in and her husbands disability
I’m an American
Hard workin American
It Shouldn’t happen to me
I’m an American
Hard workin American
It could happen to me
More folk-inflected confessionals on love, loss, and anxiety — plus a Kacey Musgraves cameo —from the Nashville indie pop auteur. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 11, 2024