Dance Hall Crashers - American Girl (live) lyrics

[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover] 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 Oh yeah, all right 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 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 hard to reach Oh yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night She was an American girl Oh yeah, all right Take it easy, baby Make it last all night She was an American girl An American girl An American girl Okay, this song is about how guys like to watch girls fight... (Applause) Uh, and how we think it's really f**ing lame that they like to watch girls fight...Yeah, I mean, it wasn't really supposed to garner applause...yeah, I know...but maybe, maybe they're just applauding for the song, right? Okay, 'cause we think it s**s, but, you know...not the so-, wait a minute, not the song...