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