She comes out on Fridays every time   Stands out in a line   I could’ve been anyone she’d seen   She waits another week to fall apart   She couldn’t make another day   I wish it was anyone but me   I could have been anyone you see   She had something breakable just under her skin      American girls, all weather & noise   Playing the changes for all of the boys   Holding a candle up to my hand   Making me feel so incredible      She comes out of closets every night    But then she locks herself away   Where she could keep everything from me   I could have been anyone you see   She’s nothing but porcelain underneath    her skin      American girls, all weather & noise   Playing the changes for all of the boys   Holding a candle right up to my hand   Making me feel so incredible      Little shivers shaking me every day    But I could get the same thing anywhere    So if she goes away   Well, it’s all right and I’m ok    “Hey”, she said, “Come back again tonight,”    And I said “I might, I might, I might,”   She said “well that’s all right.   If it’s alright, if it’s alright with you,   Then it’s alright, it’s alright with me”      I waited for an hour last Friday night   She never came around   She took almost everything from me   I’m going through my closet,    Trying on her clothes almost every day   I could’ve been anyone you see   I wish it was anyone but me   There’s nothing but pills and ashes    Under my skin      American girls, all weather & noise   Playing the changes for all of the boys   Holding a candle right up to my hand   Making me feel so incredible      If I made you cry, please tell me why   Cause I’ll try again if you let me try   American girls all feathers & cream   Coming into bed so edible      American girls oh    American girls   American girls    Oh, oh, oh, oh   American girls oh    American girls   American girls    Oh, oh, oh, oh   You make me cry,    You make me cry,    You make me cry   Yeah, you made me cry   You make me cry   Hey, miss American girl, oh   Oh, oh, oh, oh   Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah