A&W Songtext
von Lana Del Rey

"Mom called
She was screaming as usual"

I was born into a world of broken dreams
Where the price for a better life can′t be redeemed
I've been searching for a way out of this broken place
But I feel like I′m stuck living in the space between

This is the experience of being an American Whore
It's a life that I never even really asked for
It's a blessing, it′s a curse, it′s a life that I can't afford
This is the experience of being an American Whore
It′s a life that I never even really asked for
I'm just trying to make it out alive
I′m just staying alive, much less trying to thrive

I've been walking through the darkness, searching for a light
But it feels like I′m going nowhere in my fight
I'm trying to make my way in a world that doesn't care
But I can′t seem to find the strength to make it there


This is the experience of being an American Whore
It′s a life that I never even really asked for
It's a blessing, it′s a curse, it's a life that I can′t afford
This is the experience of being an American Whore
It's a life that I never even really asked for
I′m just trying to make it out alive
I'm just staying alive, much less trying to thrive

I can hear them talking, the whispers in the press
Shaking my ass off and showing off my chest
To them I'm a body, to me I′m soul
Making them mad by, quote, getting out of control

I′m just trying to make it out alive
But I haven't seen my mother in a really long time
Could really use a wise woman to help me with my mess
I′m just trying to make it out alive
How'd my mother make it out of her prime?
I′m just trying to make it out alive, out alive, out alive

Just trying to make it out alive
Time to kick it in overdrive
Psychedelic trip, half moon bay
For Jim I'll stay, for him I′ll stay

Sitting on his lap, building up my reputation
Getting ready for the culture's condemnation
Sing about the abuse, the glamor
Think it's time that I drop the hammer


This is the experience of being an American Whore
It′s a life that I never even really asked for
It′s a blessing, it's a curse, it′s a life that I can't afford
This is the experience of being an American Whore
It′s a life that I never even really asked for
I'm just trying to make it out alive
I′m just staying alive, much less trying to thrive

Just trying to make it out alive
Time to kick it in overdrive
Psychedelic trip, half moon bay
For Jim I'll stay, for him I'll stay

For Jim I′ll stay, he makes me stay
He makes me sway, for Jim, I sway
Psychedelic trip, half moon bay
For Jim I′ll stay, for him I'll stay