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 Oh, yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night Yeah, she was an American girl Well, it was kind of cold that night as she stood alone on her balcony (ooh) Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by out on 441, like waves crashin' on 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 Oh, yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night Yeah, she was an American girl Oh, yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night Yeah, she was an American girl An American girl