He met her at a college dance, the year was '39
A small town in the midwest, amidst cornfields and sky
He was from a poor family, she was the beauty of the

Town
He vowed to make her happy to be true to what he'd
Found


They struggled through the first years, money was tight
Had a son and a daughter, they knew were God's light

He sold insurance on Main Street and she raised their
Family
But something was missing from this American Dream


Chorus:
He said my heart is in the right place

But I can't go on this way
The things money can't buy are lacking in my life
And my heart yearns for a new day

And my heart yearns for a new day

He built up his business and put some money down

On a brick house on Park Street, it was the finest
Street in town
Children waved when they saw him, in church he sang in

The choir
He prayed for God to help him fulfill this desire


He sang... Chorus

He left on a journey, out to see the west

But he could not put a distance between him and his
Distress
So he looked to the Pacific in hopes of changing his

Life
And with a heavy heart wrote these words to his wife


He wrote... Chorus

The years passed so quickly, his children were full

Grown
He and his wife now, were back on their own
He said "I seem to have everything, but what fools we

Mortals be?"
And he passed away quietly from this American Dream
And he passed away quietly from this American Dream