American Rock

American rock, ooh yeah
Don't you ever wonder why the whole world's falling in love?

A beautiful girl walked past me yesterday I almost fell off my stoop
I said to my best friend 'Who is that girl?', he said 'Aah, she's goin' out with Jake'
I said that don't matter, you know he lives over the other side of town and she lives on our block
So we put on the radio and we listened to some American rock

American rock, ooh yeah
Don't you ever wonder why the whole world's falling in love?

I said to Betsy, I said 'You know I like 'er, where does she hang out?'
She said 'She's got a little job uptown, sees Jake, comes home and helps her mom
I said 'She should hang around with us
I mean after all she's just moved in on the block'
Betsy said 'Forget about her, let's go out tonight and listen to some American rock'

American rock, ooh yeah
Don't you ever wonder why the whole world's falling in love?

He took a subway and he travelled to the other side of town
He hid in a back alley and waited for the sun to go down
Out of the fading light emerged Jake
He said 'Hey man come over here
I want to talk to you about your girl'

Let's go to a bar let's have a beer, it was a hot September night on 83rd
They never made it to the bar it's since been confirmed
Yeah that's what everyone learned, I said 'Hey baby where do you wanna go
I'll take you to a ball game to the park or to a movie show'
"Aah it's too hot to move about why don't we just er stay on the block
We can go up to my place d'ya like, er, American rock??"
Now you're talkin'!!

She didn't know that Jake lying in a pool of blood
Two men with switchblades fighting in the name of love
Yeah that's American rock

American rock, American rock
American rock, ooh yeah
Don't you ever wonder why the whole world's falling in love?
Falling in love
In love