Melissa Etheridge
"All American Girl"

(M. Etheridge) 

She wakes up in the morning 
With a pain in her jet black head 
A decaf coffee in her hand 
And a Marlboro red 
She drives down to the office 
In her Japanese car 
With the radio blasting 
She dreams of takin' it too far 
But today she'll pay the bills 
She won't think about the thrills 
That pass away 

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She's an all American girl 
An all American girl
And she will live and die in this man's world 
An all American girl 

Her eyes are black as leather 
And her hair is killer red
How could she keep the baby
When she can barely keep her head 
She don't owe nobody nothing 
And she ain't on the street 
But these drinks are getting heavy 
And these lips are getting weak 
She don't understand 
Why she can't climb out of the sand 
And break away 

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Her lover never came home 
And it's half past three 
Today her best friend told her 
He's HIV 
Something's gotta give somewhere 
Forcing circles into squares
She keeps pushing on