Well, she was an American girl,   Raised on promises   She couldn't help thinking 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      Chorus:   Oh yeah, alright,   Take it easy, baby   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,   And for one des'rate 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      Chorus