American Thing

words and music by John Eddie

i'm driving 95 south
i've got a cowboy mouth
i'm gonna bite me a beauty gueen
I ain't got no home
i'm just fins and chrome
sucking up some gasoline
there's a great ball of fire spinning in the sky
there's a sweet hitchhiker that i can't pass by
she's got them legs that last forever
man they never end
she's got an order of protection on her ex-boyfriend

it's just an american thing
it's just an american thing
the lost highway and the hillbilly king
raising hell 'til the angels sing
forever young forever sweet sixteen
it's just an american thing

she put her head in my lap
she told me don't look back
and then we headed for the warmth of the sun
we painted lonesome town
we drove ol dixe down
looking for some fun fun fun
we stopped at a stuckeys
stole some fireworks
grabbed a you hoo chocolate and a gun that squirts
we stuck up a couple at the cash machine
I said kiss me miss macgraw
I feel like steve mcqueen

it's just an american thing
it's just an american thing
the lost highway and the hillbilly king
raising hell 'til the angels sing
forever young forever sweet sixteen
it's just an american thing

well now the light i saw
told me to fight the law
I said "baby give me one last kiss"
I made my final stand
outside of gatorland
mama told me there'd be days like this
I heard "hold it right there put your hands in the air
we're talkin to the guy with the elvis hair"
you're under arrest
less fortunate son
I said "you leave me breathless baby"
then I went for the gun

it's just an american thing
it's just an american thing
the lost highway and the hillbilly king
raising hell 'til the angels sing
forever young forever sweet sixteen
it's just an american thing