Story Behind The Song

I grew up in a small town in New Mexico and I guess this song wraps up all those experiences. Cruising Main street, shopping the outlets, and all those small town jobs that never paid much. I remember setting off fireworks in the middle of the street on hot nights and seeing my brother go off to war. Peope were talking about loved ones fighting a world away and the price of gas. The talk stays the same, it's just the days that change.

Song Description

Up tempo, alternative country song that encapsulates small town America through feminine eyes. From James Dean and Burger King to the fourth of July and making ends meet with a minimum wage job.

Lyrics

AMERICAN ORIGINAL
I?m an American original, I?m the girl next door
I?m a tight pair of jeans, a pop culture queen
just making the scene, cruising the second hand store
I?m a burger king and I?m the real thing
I?m the red and the white, the Saturday night
the heat and the fight the one and the only James Dean

(CHORUS) You can find me here each day of the year
trying to keep my dreams from falling apart at the seams

I?m a baseball game and I?m an old flame
I?m a heart full of tears that sees through the years
to the debts and the fears
to the pride and the loss and the shame
I'm the mimimum wage and I'm the ink on the page
I'm the tried and the true the Delta blue, the me and the you
and the proud and the few of the age

(CHORUS)
The nightly news, the pundits views
The talk stays the same, it?s just the days that change

I?m the fourth of July and I?m a clear blue sky
I?m the steam on the glass that changes the past
and makes you believe in less than the blink of an eye
I?m a party girl and I?m the flag unfurled
I?m the dust and the light the left and the right
the sister, the brother, the father and mother of Pearl

(CHORUS)
I work nine to five and I barely survive
but it?s just another day in the USA
I?m an American original, I?m the girl next door
I?m an American original and I?m the girl next door