20 thousand miles of air beneath our feet That’s where both our eyes first came to meet It’s where you told me you were running from your family Grounded to the world wanted from afar Quick to burn your heart for the morning star Though you’re far from home I get the feeling you know just what you’re doing The longer I want her The more I think that she can tell I’m lonely but I’ll go Through the hell that you put me through You know I would Your word is like a narrow bridge and I’m trying not to be scared What’s on the other side of this? More lies and eyes to make a vanity fair? But the longer I want her The more she keeps on doing it well I’m lonely but I’ll go And as for the landslide That knocked you away and swept you right into my life It once more came to take you from me As word made it’s way about the homecoming queen Who’d return on the day of reckoning To be given to a man of their choice But you were down with an American boy Sing my little helen of troy Thank God you were down with an American boy