I WAS TEN I WAS THIN
I WAS PLAYIN' FIRST BASE
WITH A SECONDHAND
GLOVE
AND DIRT ON MY FACE
IN NOWHERE VIRGINIA
WHO'D EVER FIGURE
THAT KID IN THE YARD
WOULD GO VERY FAR
'CAUSE FOUR NINETEEN
LAKEWOOD
HAD NO SILVER SPOONS
JUST AN OLD
BEAT UP UPRIGHT
THAT PLAYED
OUT OF TUNE
NOW I'M SINGIN'
AND LIVIN'
THE LIFE THAT I LOVE
AND WHEN I
COUNT MY BLESSINGS
I THANK GOD I WAS
AN AMERICAN CHILD
AN AMERICAN CHILD
'CAUSE DREAMS
CAN GROW WILD
BORN INSIDE
AN AMERICAN CHILD
SEVEN POUNDS
THREE OUNCES
SHE'S GOT MY NOSE
AND SHE'S INTO
MY HEART
AS DEEP AS IT GOES
WITH A PROMISE
THAT'S MORE THAN JUST
SOMEONE'S LAST NAME
ANYONE'S EQUAL
IN LATE AUGUST CAME
AN AMERICAN CHILD
AN AMERICAN CHILD
'CAUSE DREAMS
CAN GROW WILD
BORN INSIDE
AN AMERICAN CHILD
12 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
MY GRANDFATHER
WOULD'VE BEEN
EIGHTY TODAY
BUT IN FORTY-FIVE
HE FELL DOWN BESIDE
AN AMERICAN CHILD
AN AMERICAN CHILD
WOAH OOH WOAH
AN AMERICAN CHILD
'CAUSE DREAMS
CAN GROW WILD
BORN INSIDE
AN AMERICAN CHILD
OH AN AMERICAN CHILD
WOAH OOH WOAH OOH
WOAH OH OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH