(Woo-ooh) 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 Yeah, and if she had to die tryin' She had one little promise She was gonna keep (Aah) Oh yeah, alright Take it easy baby Make it last all night (Make it last all night) She was (an American girl) Well, it was kind of cold that night She stood alone on her balcony (Oooh) 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 Something that's so close And still so far out of reach (Yeah) Oh yeah, alright Take it easy baby Make it last all night (Make it last all night) She was (an American girl) (Aah) on A Ooh Ooh Ooh Oh yeah