She was an army brat She surfed in Waikiki She told me she was French But she's from Tennesee I said whoa-oh-oh... yeah R-R-R-Rock She went to school in Rome And wrote her friends back home The italian boys won't leave me alone I said whoa-oh-oh... yeah R-R-R-Rock And there's nothing that you can do Cause she don't understand you There's nothing that you can do She won't understand you Chorus She's so European For an American girl She's so European For an American girl R-R-R-Rock She said a Parlez Vous Hey hey do I know you? Was it on the Riviera May of '82? I said whoa-oh-oh... oh R-R-R-Rock She said my father paid for me To see the Orient I really got a tan so it was Worth every cent I said whoa-oh-oh... yeah R-R-R-Rock Now you don't speak her language So she don't understand you If you don't speak her language She won't understand you Repeat chorus She said caio caio caio I'll see you later You better come on up and see me sometime I said whoa-oh-oh... yeah R-R-R-Rock And there's nothing that you can do Cause she don't understand you There's nothing that you can do She won't understand you