Lyrics

AN AMERICAN WOMAN (Generational Version)
M. McGregor, R. Boustead

Jennie got three kids, two jobs and one ex-husband
Just barely gettin? by
Before it comes, the money?s spent
Don?t know how she gonna make the rent
With the grace of God, she will survive

She is strong and she?s free
She is brave and she is proud
She?s got somethin? to say
Gonna? shout it out loud
She?s got so much to give
But there?s so much to do
For an everyday hero
Just tryin? to make it through
She?s an American woman

In a little town, down South, Annie works at the five an? dime
With a dream about movin? out to California
She?s only got that old guitar
But she knows she gonna be a star
Gonna? make it big in California

CHORUS

From a schoolhouse in Montana
To a Detroit factory
We?re the mothers and the daughters
From sea to shining sea
We?re the seamstress and the teacher
The waitress and the preacher
The doctor and the dancer

Emma?s got gray hair, Medicare, 12 grandchildren
A heart that?s filled with memories
So much joy and sometimes strife
Fifty years a farmer?s wife But there?s no place she?d rather be

Cause she?s strong and she?s free
She is brave and she is proud
She?s got somethin? to say
Gonna shout it out loud
She?s got so much to give
But there?s so much to do
For an everyday hero
Just tryin? to make it through
An American woman


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