When you were young,
life was so much easier then.
You didn t have worry,
About the rent, about your job.
Just wait by the phone for boys to call...
It s a carefree life when you are small.

American Girl, you ve grown up now.
Things are not the way
you dreamed they would be.
American Girl, on your own now.
American Girl, inside a changing world.

When you were in school,
college was so easy for you.
Just cram for exams,
and spend the money Daddy sends you.
Every Sunday night your folks would call...
It s a carefree life when you are small.

Now that you re older,
on your own with kids to feed now.
You worry and hope for,
a better life for your daughter.
You wait by the phone for her to call...
It s a carefree life when you are small.

From the album"Greetings from Ariel"
Words and Music by JJ Jenkins and George Petersen
© 1990 JENPET Music International (ASCAP)