She's up before the sun on the run Another dollar another day another cup of coffee Thank you Lord for giving me one more She still leans on her dreams but it seems Sometimes she's the only one who still believes That life is hard so she takes it on With an American Heart And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans Sings like a Motown melody It dreams like California Bigger than the Texas sky It bleeds It scars But it shines when times get hard And you can't break an American heart From the small town Friday night lights To the Broadway neon burning up bright We're all the same and it's in our veins A spirit that you can't keep down A fire inside that'll never burn out If you are the owner of An American Heart 'Cause it beats like a drum down in New Orleans Sings like a Motown melody It dreams like California Bigger than the Texas sky It bleeds It scars But it shines when times get hard And you can't break an American heart An American heart And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans Sings like a Motown melody It dreams like California Bigger than the Texas sky It bleeds It scars But it shines when times get hard And you can't break You can't break an American heart An American heart