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American BoyEddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Eddie Rabbitt

Producer: Richard Landis

I wanna live in a place where they name their kids Billy
Turn on the radio, and hear my man Willie
Friday night football, stand up and cheer
Go where I wanna go, I'm a free man here!

I'm an American boy
Drive me a Chevy, ain't got no Peugot
My older brother was a GI Joe
Red White and Blue from my head to my toes

I'm an American boy

My little brother watches Saturday morning cartoons
I mow the front lawn, in the afternoon
Fixin' up my car, workin for a livin
Drive down to the seashore, lookin at the pretty women

I'm an American boy
Drive me a Chevy, ain't got no Peugot
My older brother was a GI Joe
Red White and Blue from my head to my toes

I'm an American boy
(voice mix including Martin Luther King Jr.)
I'm an American boy
(I buy American)
I'm an American boy
(Yes I am)
I'm an American boy
(I'll die an American)

I'm an American boy
Drive me a Chevy, ain't got no Peugot
My older brother was a GI Joe
Red White and Blue from my head to my toes

I'm an American boy
(I buy American)
I'm an American boy
(I'll die an American)
I'm an American boy
I'm an American boy
(Coast to coast)
I'm an American boy
(Just like apple pie baby)
I'm an American boy. Yeah
I'm an American boy
Eye eye I'm an American boy
I'm an American boy

Eddie Rabbitt

Edward Thomas Rabbitt was born November 27, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York to Irish immigrant parents. He was raised in East Orange, New Jersey. On his 35th birthday, he married Janine Girardi. They had three children. One daughter, Demelza, and two sons, Timmy & Tommy. Timmy was born with biliary atresia and died in childhood after a failed liver transplant intended to save his life. In March 1997, Eddie learned that he had lung cancer. He passed away on May 7, 1998. Rabbitt received several awards over the years. The Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Male Vocalist in 1977. Music City News Country Songwriter of the Year and BMI’s Robert J. Burton Award for “Suspicions” in 1979. 1980 brought BMI’s Song of the Year for “Suspicions.” In 1996 he pulled in BMI’s Three Million-Air Award and Two Million-Air Awards for “I Love a Rainy Night” and “Kentucky Rain”, respectively. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame the year of his death, 1998. Eddie’s final #1 hit came in 1989 with “On Second Thought”.

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