She wraps her coat around her reaches in her bag for something something that might keep away the cold and she holds the broken mirror up looks quickly round embarrassed and she wonders how she ever got so old
she says goodnight america, goodnight america wherever you are goodnight america, sleep tight america wherever you are, wherever you are
and she's heard all the promises still sleeps in the doorway and the wind comes off the river like a fist and she feels like an island as the crowd make way around her and the rain washes her face just like a kiss
she says goodnight america, goodnight america wherever you are goodnight america, sleep tight america wherever you are, wherever you are
goodnight america goodnight america goodnight america
goodnight america goodnight america goodnight america yeah, when she came here she was young she was alive she was not broken she had nothin' but her talent and her dreams and one by one her dreams just died like words unspoken and she's driftin' like a pebble on a stream
she says goodnight america, goodnight america wherever you are goodnight america, sleep tight america wherever you are, wherever you are
she says goodnight goodnight, goodnight america she says goodnight goodnight, goodnight america
and she reaches in her bag for something something to help her she's got nothing but her talent, and her dreams she says goodnight