Jack Whitis - American Night lyrics

It was a middle Tennessee summer It was 102 degrees We had everywhere to go And nowhere to be And there's a million ways for people To get to where they go Some like a ladder We prefer a road Let's get out of here while we still can Let's get out of here while we're still alive Oh, Let's burn, burn, burn like roman candles in the sky Into the American night It was a middle Tennessee night It was a quarter after two I decided I just won't sleep There's better things to do The Earth was still and the night was quiet And I lay in the dew But this can't last forever Because September will catch us soon Let's get out of here while we still can Let's get out of here while we're still alive Let's burn, burn, burn like roman candles in the sky Into the American Night And I still remember the time we said We could pack our things and head out West Sleep under the stars and change our names Like Wild Bill and Calamity Jane Dodging the law and robbing trains And no two days could be the same Live like outlaws, never to be tamed Let's get out of here while we still can Let's get out of here while we're still alive Let's burn, burn, burn like roman candles in the sky Into the American night