He's an American boy with his hair combed back

He's gonna buy himself a nice new car

He's gonna marry one of them pretty cookin' wives

And die alone alone in a big old house

Oh, he was an American boy.



He gonna get a job that pays real well

Go on vacation every year

Have a fine young boy for the N.F.L.

All without having to shed a tear,

Oh, he was an American boy



Yea, the American boy is older now

He's been shortened by the weight on his back

He finally takes a look around to see.

There were a lot of other things that he could have been.

Oh, he was an American boy