Well, she was an American girl<br />Raised on promises<br />She couldn't help thinking <br />that there was a little more to life<br />Somewhere else<br />After all it was a great big world<br />With lots of places to run to<br />And if she had to die trying<br />She had one little promise she was gonna keep<br />Oh yeah, all right<br />Take it easy baby<br />Make it last all night<br />She was an American girl<br />Well, it was kind of cold that night<br />She stood alone on her balcony<br />She could see the cars roll by<br />Out on 441<br />Like waves crashing on the beach<br />And for one desperate moment there<br />He crept back in her memory<br />God, it's so painful<br />It's something that's so close <br />but still so far out of reach<br />Oh yeah, all right<br />Take it easy baby<br />Make it last all night<br />She was an American girl<br />Oh yeah, all right<br />Take it easy baby<br />Make it last all night<br />Oh yeah, all right<br />Take it easy baby<br />Oh, take it easy now<br />Oh yeah, all right<br />She was an American girl<br />
