Anja in Amerika Lyrics

She's a young girl only 22 but she's wise beyond her years

And she's traveled far away from home to escape her childhood fears

Well she works so hard from day to day taking care of someone's kids

How she'd like to have her own someday but there's a pain there deeply hid

And you can dream how your life's going to be

But it doesn't work that way

And you can try to guide your destiny

Life still moves in its own way

She's met a man who's nearly twice her age

She can see beyond the grey

She said he treats her like she's never known

Getting close makes her afraid

So indecision races through her mind

Oh how she hates to feel this way

She can't take him back to Germany and neither can she stay

Oh you can plan how your life's going to be

But it doesn't work that way

And you can try to change your destiny

Life still moves in its own way

Oh with Anja in America seems to be a better place

Oh with Anja in America seems to me a better place

Now she's older nearly 25 and has a family of her own

She sometimes wonders what would life be like if she made America her home

Oh with Anja in America seems to be a better place

Oh with Anja in America seems to me a better place