American Girl Lyrics

Lyric discussion by shed27 

Cover art for American Girl lyrics by Tom Petty

I was reading a tom petty guitar tab book and it explains some of his lyrics...

"Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach"

"I remember writing the song about hearing the cars roll by because I was living in an apartment in Encino, CA by the freeway. The sound was really annoying and we used to jokingly pretend it was the ocean."