The American Dream
To own your own home
It is the American dream
A place that is finally yours
Is so right, so it seems
So, in debt; you deeply go
Payment due monthly on time
If you happen to miss just one
It’s like you’ve committed a crime
Insurance is another nasty word
An evil you have to have
Another expensive monthly payment
Making them rich on your behalf
Then you have the utilities
In your wallet, they eat a hole
Money, there’s never enough
If a payment’s late, they cajole
Property taxes, they are vicious
Making you pay for what is yours
When they are due, it is hard
To make the payment as years before
Finally, in your golden years
When it all belongs to you
You are forced to give it up
You have the nursing home blues
So, why even consider owning a home
If it’s going to be taken away
Deny the government the opportunity
Live with your kids until Judgement Day!