American Nights

Screen door cracked, with the ball game on

Man on the porch singin' baritone

Tan line leads to that gentle place

Between her collarbone and her stone-cold face

Dockhand boys all say goodbye

To the women that they swear are gonna be their wives

They'll be gone by the wintertime

And they don't wanna bother with no friend of mine

Wet, hot, American nights

Shake your body dry under coastline light

Wet, hot, American nights

We snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry

We snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry

Davey got back from his first tour

He ain't the same boy that he was before

20's too young to nearly die

American boys are a friend of mine

Delco Danny cut a deal with the dealer

That he met out at the River's Casino

He got caught countin' cards, then them spades broke his heart

Then the Point Breeze boys broke his nose

Heard Mary got that job that she wanted out of town

She was better than the sum of all of us, anyhow

She still stops by whenever she can

She's tougher than my brother with her bald left hand

Wet, hot, American nights

Shake your body off under coastline light

Wet, hot, American nights

We snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry

We snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry

Screen door cracked, put the ball game on

Man on the porch singin' baritone

Tan line leads to that gentle place

Between her collarbone and her stone-cold face