In the picture is a tepee
  I can handle this every day
  I'm down here at Johnny's restaurant, and so
  I don't care about em lagging in their way
  Oh, the principles of power
  Grow balanced every year
  Though I may not survive, it's the next man
  For whom the crowd should cheer
    And this is the American way
  Yeah this is the American way
  Just roll the dice, and we come to play
  Give me the American way
    I could have come from Sweden
  But I would have gotten tired
  And the struggle for my family's life or death
  It keeps my heart inspired
  Yes we like to face the gamble
  And we love to make the stand
  And we worship in the shopping malls
  With lotto tickets in our hand
  And this is the American way
  Yeah this is the American way
  Just roll the dice, and we come to play
  Give me the American way
    Call it a travesty or an empire
  But I prefer to call it home
  No matter trod the horseman
  Will soon become to Rome
  I said maybe the rules are broken
  But tradition's kept alive
  There just isn't one miracle
  But thirty little tries
    Yeah, that's the American way
  This is the American way
  Yeah, this is the American way
  All the players have been played and played and played
  They love the American way
  That's why we want to stay
  Give up the American way
  Just roll the dice and we come to play