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    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