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Rhythm 10.0
Melody 10.0
Instruments 10.0
Lyrics 10.0
Vocal 10.0
This song has been reviewed 2 times. Overall score for this song, 10.0.
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Tom Petty - American Girl Lyrics

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Song details
TitleAmerican Girl
ArtistTom Petty
AlbumTom Petty And The Heartbreakers (1976) , Track 10 ,
Greatest Hits (1993) , Track 1
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Song lyrics
Well, she was an American girl,
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinking 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

Chorus:
Oh yeah, alright,
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 four forty one like
Waves crashing 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

Chorus
lyrics submitted by Vivek
lyrics corrected by carlee




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07-09-2005 04:25catrat_2005 is offline catrat_2005 

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I just learned that this song is written about a girl who commited suicide in Gainesville Florida.
When it talks about 441- That's 13th street.
She jumped off Beaty Tower's ( a UF dorm )

Just thought this was some cool info...
13-06-2006 20:29guard_hottie is offline guard_hottie 

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awesome song!!

FYI: this isn't about a girl comitting suicide, tom petty said it himself...

also, go to this site....

kind of proves it....

http://www.gonegator.com/news/tom_petty_news_102002.asp

scroll down till you find it....

but awesome song!!
01-04-2007 20:27bubblegumgurl is offline bubblegumgurl 

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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


love that this song is on the soundtrack of my life
14-08-2008 19:41OrangeIris is offline OrangeIris 


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One of my favorite songs ever.


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