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 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