[Verse 1]

All this time I was thinkin' about technicolor, Super 8

Like those old films

Blue waves

The white text over it

Like those crystal water submerged

I'm happy under it

Oh, just me in the sea with blue light for company

[Chorus]

And that, all this time I was tryin' to be

James Dean, pristine, suntanned, underwater

Living an American dream

California bleach blond

Pink skies across the pond

Suntanned, underwater, living an American dream

I could be a beacon of health

I could live without this wealth

Live my life in black and white

Just like an American dream

[Post-Chorus]

Oh woah oh oh

Oh woah

Oh woah

Reads like an American dream

Oh woah oh oh

Oh woah

Oh woah

Reads like an American dream

[Verse 2]

All this time I was thinkin' about Brando, Cousteau

20th century slick back

Black and white heroes

And he wants to be a pilot

And he wants to be a diver

And he wants to be, he wants to be

Something higher

[Chorus]

And that, all this time I was tryin' to be

James Dean, pristine, suntanned, underwater

Living an american dream

California bleach blond

Pink skies across the pond

Suntanned, underwater, living an american dream

I could be a beacon of health

I could live without this wealth

Live my life in black and white

Just like an American dream

[Post-Chorus]

Oh woah oh oh

Oh woah

Oh woah

Reads like an American dream

Oh woah oh oh

Oh woah

Oh woah

Reads like an American dream

[Bridge]

In the rain and I'm goin' nowhere

In the sun, I'm already there

I'll be the boy with the golden hair

I know it's all in America

Oh, In the rain and I'm goin' nowhere

In the sun, I'm already there

I'll be the boy with the golden hair

I know it's all in America

[Chorus]

And that, all this time I was tryin' to be

James Dean, pristine, suntanned, underwater

Living an american dream

California bleach blond

Pink skies across the pond

Suntanned, underwater, living an american dream

I could be a beacon of health

I could live without this wealth

Live my life in black and white

Just like an American dream

[Post-Chorus]

Oh woah oh oh

Oh woah

Oh woah

Reads like an American dream

Oh woah oh oh

Oh woah

Oh woah

Reads like an American dream