[Verse 1]
Nobody ever had a dream round here
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
Nobody ever pulls the seams round here
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me

[Verse 2]
I've got this energy beneath my feet
Like something underground's going to come up and carry me
I've got this sentimental heart that beats
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me now

[Chorus]
Why do you waste my time?
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
So scared of what they'll find
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home every now and then

[Bridge]
Well have you ever seen the lights?
Have you ever seen the lights?

[Verse 3]
I took a shuttle on a shock wave ride
Where people on the pen pull the trigger for accolades
I took a bullet and I looked inside
Running through my veins an American masquerade
[Verse 4]
I still remember grandma Dixie's wake
I've never really known anybody to die before
Red, white and blue upon a birthday cake
My brother, he was born on the fourth of the July and that's all

[Chorus]
So why do you waste my time?
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
So scared of what they'll find
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home every now and then

[Bridge]
Every now and then
Every now and then

[Verse 5]
You know I see London, I see Sam's Town
Holds my hand and lets my hair down
Rolls that world right off my shoulder
I see London, I see Sam's Town now