Tom Petty – American Girl Lyrics

Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldnt 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
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 its so painful when something thats 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