Do I have to change my name? Will it get me far? 
Should I lose some weight? I gonna be a star? 

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 
This type of modern life - Is it for me? 
This type of modern life - Is it for free? 

So I went in to a bar, looking for sympathy 
[bad word] - I tried to find a friend 
It's more easily said, it's always been the same 
This type of modern life is not for me 
This type of modern life is not for free 

American life (American life) 
I live the American dream (American dream) 
You are the best thing I've seen 
You are not just a dream (American life) 

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 
This type of modern life - Is it for me? 
This type of modern life - Is it for free? 

Do I have to change my name? Will it get me far? 
Should I lose some weight? I gonna be a star? 

American life (American life) 
I live the American dream (American dream) 
You are the best thing I've seen 
You are not just a dream (American life X2) 

I tried to be a boy, tried to be a girl 
tried to be a mess, tried to be the best 
tried to find a friend, tried to stay ahead 
I tried to stay on top ... 
 [bad word] it! 
Do I have to change my name? Will it get me far? 
Should I lose some weight? I gonna be a star? 
Oh [bad word] it!(X3) 

I'm drinking a Soy latte, 
I get a double shotte, it goes 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 palates 
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 metaphysic's [bad word] 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 
trainer and a butler 
And a bodyguard or five 
gardener and a stylist 
Do you think I'm satisfied? 
I'd like to express my extreme point of view 
I'm not Christian and I'm not a Jew 
I'm just living out the American dream 
And I just realised that nothing 
Is what it seems 

Do I have to change my name 
I gonna be a star 
Do I have to change my name