Well, she was an American girl   Raised on promises   She couldn't help thinking   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's gonna die tryin'   She had one little promise she was gonna keep      Oh yeah, alright   Take it easy, baby   Make it last all night   (Make it last all night)   She was an American girl      Well, it was kind of cold that night   She stood alone on the balcony   Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by, out on four forty one   Like waves crashing on the beach      For one desperate moment   There he crept back in her memory   God, it's so painful when something that's so close   Can feel so far out of reach