American Dream

Amy told her mother when she turned 17
She was gonna follow her American dream
Said she thought it over and she made up her mind
this was really something that she needed to find

So they called an agency and got her a shoot
January weather in a bathing suit
People always tell her that she's got what it takes
The right kind of figure, the right kind of face

To take her where she's never been
And put her where she don't fit in
Turn her whole world upside down
And turn that special someone's head around

All she really wanted was to be something else
throw away the trophies that would sit on her shelf
Looking for a woman in a scared little girl
Looking for the answers and a place in this world

Now I guess she's made it and she's not looking back
With the kind of attitude to keep her on track
People always told her that she had what it took
The right kind of figure, the right kind of look

Seems like only yesterday
Nobody ever looked her way
And it seems like only yesterday
We were young and she was hard at play