American Girl is such a classic, but nobody remembers that when it was released as a single, it didn't even make the top 100 singles, and back then that meant it wasn't a hit.
But I guess time told the story
The lyrics aren't complicated, but HOW he phrases and sings
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach
....is what made him such a great front man,