Well, she was an American girlRaised on promisesShe couldn't help thinkin' that thereWas a little more to lifeSomewhere elseAfter all it was a great big worldWith lots of places to run toYeah, and if she had to die tryin'She had one little promiseShe was gonna keepOh yeah, alrightTake it easy babyMake it last all nightShe was an American girl
>She was an American girlyeah I can tell
I wouldn't have skinned her. I would have loved her tenderly