She was so young when she took the street Born too late in the midday heat Her parents said, she went to America She wasted days and she wasted nights Everybody's gone, nobody's child Her mother said, she went to America Another day and another time Heaven is so hard to find Sarah said, I'm in America I don't care, I sleep tonight I don't care if I'm alive I like to dance, catch the wind When Sarah smiles, her eyes shine in blue I know she's smiling straight from her heart When Sarah smiles, it means I'm doomed I know her heart is breaking apart When Sarah smiles She was so young when she left her home Packed her things like a rolling stone Rocky said, she went to America She cried some tears, she said goodbye She wants to go where the eagles fly Her mother said, she went to America She was alone in a lonely world Barely dry, she met a girl Sarah said, hello America I like to see the ocean in the sky Don't stop me when I try I like to dance, catch the wind When Sarah smiles, her eyes shine in blue I know she's smiling straight from her heart When Sarah smiles, it means I'm doomed I know her heart is breaking apart When Sarah smiles When Sarah smiles, her eyes shine in blue I know she's smiling straight from her heart When Sarah smiles, it means I'm doomed I know her heart is breaking apart When Sarah smiles, her eyes shine in blue I know she's smiling straight from her heart When Sarah smiles, it means I'm doomed I know her heart is breaking apart When Sarah smiles