'American Girl'
by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Well she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin'
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

O yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl

Well it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate 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

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl

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I've always love this song. I'm not even sure of why.

Probably my most memorable thought of this song would be in 'Silence of the Lambs'. It just fit so well.

Anywho, I'm being rushed so I can't post much more, but I do love this song like a bitch.

-=The Prynce