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All work, no play may have made Jack a dull boy,
but all work, no God has left Jack with a lost soul.
But he’s mov ing on full steam; he’s chas ing the A mer i can Dream.
He’s gon na give his fam ’ly
the fin er things.
His A “Not i this time, son.
is I’ve no time to waste.
more and May be to mor row I’ll have time to play.” day.
“Dad And then he slips in to game?” his new B M Dou ble U and drives far ther and far ther they are and far ther a way.
’Cause he works all day and tries to sleep at night.
He says them things will get bet ter, it ’ll just take a bet ter in time.
So he works and he builds with his (G5)own two hands, and he pours all he has in a cas (G5)tle made with sand, but the wind and the rain are com ing crash ing in; time will tell just how long
his king dom stands,
his king dom stands.
His A mer i can dream son.
is be gin ning to seem
more and more like a night mare with ev ’ry pass ing day.
“Dad dy, can you come to my game?” “Oh, Ba by, please don’t work U An oth er ed week end, and they are and slip ping a way.
’Cause he works all day and lies a wake at night.
He tells them things will get bet ter, it ’ll Looks like he’s lit tle more time.
’Cause he worked and he built with his (G5)own two hands, and he poured all he had in a cas (G5)tle made with sand, but the wind and the rain are com ing crash ing in; time will tell just how long
his king dom stands,
his king dom stands.
his king dom stands.
He used to say, “Who ev er dies
with the most toys wins,”
but if he los es his soul,
what has he gained in the end?
I’ll take a shack on a rock
o ver a cas tle in the sand.
Now he works all (D)day and cries a lone at night.
his king dom stands,
his (A5)king dom stands.
All they real ly want ed was you.
All they real ly want ed was you.
All they real ly want ed was you.
This page shows “American Dream” by Casting Crowns in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 90 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.