Song Description

Pop-rock track in the style of Sean Mullins or Tom Petty, dubbed "alternative" strictly for lyrical content; story of girl from a dead end town who seeks fame and fortune in L.A. and then wishes she hadn't.

Lyrics

AMERICAN BEAUTY

She?s an American beauty
She?s got a killer smile
She?s got the kind of body
Makes you stop and stare awhile
And she drives the kind of car
A girl like her would drive
Turnin? heads out on the highway
Makes her feel like she?s alive

And the only thing she wants
Is to get out of this town
There?s got to be someplace
That won?t drag her so far down
She could hop into that Mustang
Put the road under attack
And let ?em know that this time
She won?t be comin? back

American beauty, the moon is burnin? bright
American beauty, you?re alright
American beauty, kick it into overdrive
American beauty, ain?t it great to be alive?

Well, she hauled ass out to L.A.
Where them beautiful people meet
But I don?t think she realized
You can get crazy from the heat
And every day is a hot one
When the competition?s fierce
You gotta know which part to tattoo
You gotta know which part to pierce

So she moved in with some cameraman
Yeah, she gave herself away
For a needle in the evening
And some pictures during the day
And they said she was a natural
The way she liked to pose
Her daddy found out by mistake
Still don?t think her momma knows

CHORUS

And the only thing she wants
Is to get out of this town
There?s got to be someplace somewhere
That won?t drag her so far down