the american dream

the american dream - Sundial

Lyrics by：Dorothy Chan/Jisu Kim

Composed by：Dorothy Chan/Jisu Kim

Produced by：Dorothy Chan/Jisu Kim

I used to always pinch my nose

Twenty times before I sleep

'Cause mom said it would make me look

Just like all the girls on the screen

But twenty years has passed

And I still look the same mm mm

Had an accent as a kid

Took five years to get rid of it

Take it as a compliment

When they think I'm American

Oh land of the free

Just not for me

Don't ask me where I'm from

I don't know what to say

'Cause the place where I grew up thinks I have changed

I can barely talk to mom

Use english every day

But the people here still laugh at my real name

So where can I go

If I'll always be a stranger in my home

And I still think of seventh grade

Grandma packed my lunch that day

Friends made fun of how it smelled

I laughed along and threw it away

And still to this day

I miss how it tastes

Don't ask me where I'm from

I don't know what to say

'Cause the place where I grew up thinks I have changed

I can barely talk to mom

Use english every day

But the people here still laugh at my real name

So where can I go

If I'll always be a stranger in my home

So I'm pretty for an Asian

So I'm smart but that's a given

I'm not special I'm just different

You're not racist just a question

Must be nice to be included

Not because you are the token

I'm not special I'm just different

I'm just different

Don't ask me where I'm from

I don't know what to say ah ahh

'Cause the place where I grew up thinks I have changed

Thinks I have changed yeah

I can barely talk to mom

Use english every day oh every day

But the people here still laugh at my real name

So where can I go oh woah

'Cause I never seem to be enough for both

So where can I go

If I'll always be a stranger in my home