Counting Crows American Girls
She comes out on Fridays every time Stands out in a line I could have been anyone she'd seen She waits another week to fall apart She couldn't make another day I wish it was anyone but me I could have been anyone you see She had something breakable just under her skin American girls are weather and noise Playing the changes for all of the boys Holding a candle right up to my hands Making me feel so incredible She comes out of closets every night But then she locks herself away Where she could keep everything from me I could have been anyone you see She's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin American girls are weather and noise Playing the changes for all of the boys Holding a candle right up to my hand Making me feel so incredible Little shiver shaking me everyday But I could get this same thing anywhere So if she goes away Well, it's alright and I'm ok Hey, she said come back again tonight And I said, I might, I might, I might She said, well that's alright If it's alright, it's alright with you If it's alright, if it's alright with me I waited for an hour last Friday night She never came around She took almost everything from me I'm going through my closets Trying on her clothes, almost everyday I could have been anyone you see I wish it was anyone but me Nothing but pills and ashes under my skin American girls, oh American girls American girls Oh, oh, oh, oh American girls, oh American girls American girls Oh, oh, oh, oh You made me cry You made me cry You made me cry Yeah, you made me cry You made me cry Hey, Miss American Girl Oh, oh, oh, yeah
