I met a girl with a lip tattoo She looked skinny as a rail in a high heel shoes She's got a spot above Webster Hall Gonna run this town with her hair in a ball Just a small town girl USA Hell, her daddy's bagging groceries, living day by day And I know she knows it ain't her place But she's tired of that living and the same clichés So she the first to hold a degree But her momma's waiting tables down at Ruby Tuesdays And I ain't saying that at all like it's mean 'Cause her momma probably taught the girl damn near everything So she gon' do what she wants to do She gon' wear a one piece bathing suit She gon' smile, she gon' scream Small town girl in a big city, yeah Yeah, she's making her move She got American dreams Oh, so, baby, look at you now You're a small town girl in a big old crowd You're moving up, you're making your scene You ain't making a dime, but you're living your dreams And up there you're gonna have some fights But follow your heart, you gon' do all right And I know that's what you always do You were born to be free, born for breaking the rules So she gon' do what she wants to do She gon' wear a one piece bathing suit She gon' smile, she gon' scream Small town girl in a big city, yeah Yeah, she's making her move She got American Dreams don't come from anyone else They're born from the beating deep inside your chest Lord knows they do Yeah, and the harder you try, the harder you might fall But you'll never learn nothing if it ain't ever your fault Yeah, so do what you do Oh, come on and make us a move She got American dreams She got American dreams She gon' do what she wants to do The girl in a one piece bathing suit She gon', yeah, she gon' do She got a black dress on Yeah, she got some long brown hair Yeah, she got (American dreams) Yeah, she skinny as a rail Yeah, she got (American dreams)