“Well she was an American girl, raised on promises.
She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little more to life somewhere else.
After all, it was a great big world with lots of places to run to.
Yeah, and if she had to die tryin', she had one little promise she was gonna keep.”

—  Tom Petty

American Girl
Lyrics, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (1974)

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