American Girl

Well, she was an American girl

Raised on promises

She couldn't help thinkin'

That there was a little more to life somewhere else

After all it was a great big world

With lots of places to run to

And if she had to die tryin'

She had one little promise she was gonna keep

O yeah, all right

Take it easy, baby

Make it last all night

She was an American girl

Well it was kind of cold that night,

She stood alone on her balcony

She could hear all the cars rolling by,

Out on 441 like waves crashin' over the beach

And for one desperate moment

There he crept back in her memory

God it's so painful when something that's so close

Is still so far out of reach

O yeah, all right

Take it easy, baby

Make it last all night

She was an American girl