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 [bad word] 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
 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

O yeah, all right
 Take it easy, baby
 Make it last all night
 She was an American girl