Your Best American Girl

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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    if i could i'd be your little spoon
    and kiss your fingers forever more
    but big spoon, you have so much to do
    and i have nothing ahead of me

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[Verse 2]

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    you're the sun, you've never seen the night
    but you hear its song from the morning birds
    but i'm not the moon, i'm not even a star
    but awake at night i'll be singing to the birds


[Pre-chorus]

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    don't wait for me, i can't go


[Chorus]

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    your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    but i do, i think i do


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    and you're an all-american boy
    i guess i couldn't help trying to be your best american girl


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[Verse 3]

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    you're the one
    you're all i ever wanted
    i think i'll regret this


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[Chorus]

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    your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    but i do, i finally do


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    and you're an all-american boy
    i guess i couldn't help trying to be the best american girl
    
    
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    your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    but i do, i think do


[Outro]

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