American Life lyrics

[Refrain]

Do I have to change my name?

Will it get me far?

Should I lose some weight?

Am I gonna be a star?

[Verse 1]

I tried to be a boy

I tried to be a girl

I tried to be a mess

I tried to be the best

I guess I did it wrong

That's why I wrote this song

[Break]

This type of modern life, is it for me?

This type of modern life, is it for free?

[Verse 2]

So, I went into a bar

Looking for sympathy

A little company

I tried to find a friend

It's more easily said

It's always been the same

[Break]

This type of modern life, is not for me

This type of modern life, is not for free

[Chorus]

American life

I live the American dream

You are the best thing I've seen

You are not just a dream

[Verse 3]

I tried to stay ahead

I tried to stay on top

I tried to play the part

But somehow I forgot

Just what I did it for

And why I wanted more

[Break]

This type of modern life, is it for me?

This type of modern life, is it for free?

[Refrain]

Do I have to change my name?

Will it get me far?

Should I lose some weight?

Am I gonna be a star?

[Chorus]

American life

I live the American dream

You are the best thing I've seen

You are not just a dream

[Verse 4]

I tried to be a boy

I tried to be a girl

I tried to be a mess

I tried to be the best

I tried to find a friend

I tried to stay ahead

I tried to stay on top

Fuck it

[Refrain]

Do I have to change my name?

Will it get me far?

Should I lose some weight?

Am I gonna be a star?

[Break]

Ah, fuck it

Ah, fuck it

Ah, fuck it

Ah, fuck it

[Verse 5]

I'm drinking a soy latte

I get a double shot-e

It goes right through my body, and you know I'm satisfied

I drive my Mini Cooper, and I'm feeling super-dooper

Yo, they tell I'm a trooper, and you know I'm satisfied

I do yoga and pilates, and the room is full of hotties

So I'm checking out the bodies, and you know I'm satisfied

I'm digging on the isotopes

This metaphysics shit is dope, and if all this can give me hope

You know I'm satisfied

I got a lawyer and a manager, an agent and a chef

Three nannies, an assistant, and a driver, and a jet

A trainer, and a butler, and a bodyguard, or five

A gardener and a stylist

Do you think I'm satisfied?

I'd like to express my extreme point of view

I'm not a Christian and I'm not a Jew

I'm just living out the American dream

And I just realized that nothing Is what it seems

[Outro]

Do I have to change my name?

Am I gonna be a star?

Do I have to change my name?

Am I gonna be a star?

Do I have to change my name?

• Artist:Madonna
• Album:American Life (2003)