American Girl - Matthew Sweet

Well, she was an American girl

Raised on promises

She couldn’t help thinking 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

Yeah, if she had to die trying

She’d have one little promise she was going to keep

Oh yeah, alright

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

Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by

Out on 441

Like waves crashing 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, alright

Take it easy, baby

Make it last all night

She was an American girl