Phone rings, baby cries

TV diet, guru lies

Good morning honey

Go to work, make up

try to keep the balance up

Between love and money



She used to tie her hair up in ribbons and bows

Sign her letters with X's and O's

Got a picture of her mama in heels and pearls

She's tryin to make it in her daddy's world

She's An American girl

An American girl



Slow dance, second chance

mama needs romance

And a live-in maid



Fix the sink, mow the yard,

Really isn't all that hard

If you get paid



She used to tie her hair up in ribbons and bows

Sign her letters with X's and O's

Got a picture of her mama in heels and pearls

She's tryin to make it in her daddy's world

An American girl

An American girl



Well she's got her God

and she's got good wine

Aretha Franklin and Patsy Cline



She used to tie her hair up in ribbons and bows

Sign her letters with X's and O's

Got a picture of her mama in heels and pearls

She's gonna make it in her daddy's world

An American girl

An American girl

She's an American girl



She used to tie her hair up in ribbons and bows

Sign her letters with X's and O's

Got a picture of her mama in heels and pearls

Shes gonna make it in her daddy's world

Shes an american girl yeah



Well she tied her hair up in ribbons and bows

Sign her letters with X's and O's

X's and Os, X's and O's