Harley didn't have no education
He could hardly read and write
He was locked into a dead-end occupation
His future didn't look too bright
He worked 18 years on the assembly line
Just getting by with a little bit of overtime
And that could be the end of the story of mine
But it's just the beginning
Late one night when he was working graveyard
Harley got himself this big idea
All he'd have to do is change one little screw
And save millions of dollars a year
So he worked and he saved till he could open his own shop
Money started rolling in like it wasn't gonna stop
So Harley bought a mountain and built a mansion on top
So the losers could see who was winning
Only in America
Nothing but a dream
Only in America
Where every man's a king
First Harley's daughter Janice found a guru
She gave him everything she owned
Then Harley Jr. joined some kind of rock band
And walked around the world
All day about half stoned
His wife watched TV all the time
Cause she got bored
Then one day she found a TV preacher she adored
And she gave all of Harley's hard-earned money to the Lord
Harley started drinking
Wound up in Betty Ford
To see if he could buy a happy ending
Then some kid who worked hard
In Harley's factory
He got himself this big idea
Figured out how to do it with computers
Drove Harley out of business in a year
Now Harley's back working the assembly line
Just getting by with a little bit of overtime
But don't count Harley out
Cause he's got a lot of work to do
He ain't the quittin' kind
He stares at that computer
With one thing on his mind
How to make them things more user-friendly
Only in America
With nothing but a dream
Only in America
Where every man's a king
Only in America
With nothing but a dream
Only in America
Where every man's a king
Only in America