Like a spider to a fly she sang   I was tangled in her web   I lived to see her smile until I saw the fangs   Was I lost in a mirage or was it in me      American beauty - Just an illusion of a girl   American beauty - Spreading her image to the world   I couldn't have tried to fight her to deny her    I'd-a died to lie beside her   Wrong or right she was mine - American beauty      Every whisper drew me closer still    Every breath we seemed to share   I couldn't turn away she moved in for the kill   Did I give into the bait or lead it to me      American beauty - Just an illusion of a girl   American beauty - Spreading her image to the world   I couldn't have tried to fight her to deny her    I'd-a died to lie beside her   Wrong or right she was mine - American beauty      No more the same is she to blame   Or am I responsible because I am   Moth to a flame I surrendered to her pull   Wrong or right she was mine for a night      American beauty - Just an illusion of a girl   American beauty - Spreading her image to the world   American beauty - Still I can feel her in my veins   American beauty - Part of me now forever stained   I couldn't have tried to fight her to deny her    I'd-a died to lie beside her   Wrong or right she was mine - American beauty