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She comes out on Fridays every time
Stands out in a line
I could've 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
[Chorus]
American girls all weather and noise
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Holding a candle up to my hand
Making me feel so incredible
She comes out of closets every night
Then she locks herself away
Where she could keep everything from me
I could have been anyone you'd seen
she's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin
[Chorus]
Little shiver shaking me every day
But I could get the same thing anywhere
So if she goes away
Well, it's all right 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 all right"
If it's alright with you
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 closet,
trying on her clothes almost every day
I could've been anyone you see
I wish it was anyone but me
There's nothing but pills and ashes under my skin
[Chorus]
If I made you cry, please tell me why
Cause I'll try again if you let me try
American girls all feathers & cream
Coming into bed so edible
[Repeat: x2]
American girls oh
American girls
American girls
Oh, oh, oh, oh
You make me cry,
you make me cry,
you make me cry
Yeah, ya made me cry
You make me cry
Hey, miss American girl
Oh, oh, oh, yeah
Stands out in a line
I could've 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
[Chorus]
American girls all weather and noise
Playing the changes for all of the boys
Holding a candle up to my hand
Making me feel so incredible
She comes out of closets every night
Then she locks herself away
Where she could keep everything from me
I could have been anyone you'd seen
she's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin
[Chorus]
Little shiver shaking me every day
But I could get the same thing anywhere
So if she goes away
Well, it's all right 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 all right"
If it's alright with you
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 closet,
trying on her clothes almost every day
I could've been anyone you see
I wish it was anyone but me
There's nothing but pills and ashes under my skin
[Chorus]
If I made you cry, please tell me why
Cause I'll try again if you let me try
American girls all feathers & cream
Coming into bed so edible
[Repeat: x2]
American girls oh
American girls
American girls
Oh, oh, oh, oh
You make me cry,
you make me cry,
you make me cry
Yeah, ya made me cry
You make me cry
Hey, miss American girl
Oh, oh, oh, yeah
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"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"
he is saying how girls are unpredictable, and will adapt to what they think a guy wants and can make a guy feel like a million bucks.
"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"
Here he is saying how you get that feeling, but he trys to delude himself saying any girl could make him feel this way, if she leaves him.
"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"
Here she does leave him and it makes him a wreck, he cant get her out of his head, turned to drugs ect.
"If I make you cry, you tell me why
I'll try again, if you'll let me try"
He will try anything to get her back, blaming himself though likely its not him.
"American girls are feathers and cream
Coming to bed so edible"
And here he shows how he would fall for it all over again, that girls are something that, even though he knows he is going to get hurt, he cant say no to trying.
When analyzing songs, we always take the lyrics and apply it to our own lives so despite my attempts at remaining unbiased, there will still be emotion left in my interpetation which in a sense is needed in making it more human. Anyways, I think this song is about the independance shown by some american girls. That they have such a power over guys such that they're "weather and noise" and play "the changes with all of the boys". I guess the singer is "alright" with how she acts and he's still captivated.
I think he's contrasting the beauty of the american girl's "porcelain underneath her skin" with his "pills and ashes", implying that he's a product of somewhat abused medication and cigarettes. But what the hell, that's just how he likes it and the uninhibitable independantly vivacious american girl suits his taste in all of her unpredictabilities.