American Nights

He was eighteen and wasted

Bedroom in the basement

Parent's house, Tucson, Arizona

What do you expect from a high school diploma?

Workin' hours in the shoe store

Sellin' dimes at the back door

And he puts on his prom crown

Says to his mama, "I'm the king of this town"

And won't you take me out

Hear the midnight streets are callin'

You can hold me down

But like a bird I'm just free fallin'

Here's to these American nights

We're havin' the time of our lives

Livin', dreamin', feelin', never sleepin'

Till we've seen the morning light

On these American nights

Neighborhood kid just back from the desert

Tattoo and a discharge letter

VA in the St. John's

Six times a week, he still sleeps with his boots on

She skipped track up to Brooklyn

With a dream and some dark skin

Graveyard at the Rhino

This is the place where the stars shine, you know

Won't you take me out

I hear the midnight streets are callin'

You can hold me down

But like a bird I'm just free fallin'

Here's to these American nights

We're havin' the time of our lives

Livin', dreamin', feelin', never sleepin'

Till we've seen the morning light

On these American nights

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

(These American nights)

Hey!

(These American nights)

Hey!

The sky is black in November

Nothing good lasts forever

Twelve gauge heart in a machine gun town

Whole life runnin', you can't stop now

Here's to these American nights

We're having the time of our lives

Livin' on a feelin', I got a feelin' that it's gonna be alright

On these American nights

(These American nights)

Hey!

(These American nights)

Me!

(These American nights)

Hey!

On these American nights

On these American nights