She was an American girl, raised on promises...

Cliche title, I know. Help me think of a better one? (Besides Moment Like This, please.) It's pretty obvious, the meaning.

"Growin' Up"

American Girl was playin' on the radio
as we laughed and began
to kiss these last 4 years goodbye
lookin' ahead to what we've got in front of us
it was right 'bout then, that we realized

There won't ever be another
moment quite like this
not another Friday night
not another football kiss
We'll be 30 somethin'
raisin' up kids of our own
lookin' back on all of this
my, how time has flown

Telling jokes at 3 am
studyin' for that big exam
alright, maybe not studyin'
but there was talk of some exam
and all of our old folks
told us not to let these years go
and we laughed it off
they're old, what do they know
and it was right 'bout then that we realized

There won't ever be another
moment like this
sittin' round on a back porch
playing cards and talking shit
We'll be 30 somethin'
raisin' up kids of our own
lookin' back on all of this
my, how time has flown

Yeah all of those songs' words
will start to make more sense to us
Petty and that one last dance
Seger's summer romance
As we looked out at the future
lookin' at what it might hold
that's when we all realized

It is funny how the night moves
and the older you'll get
the more you'll pay to roll the dice
we'll write songs
and namecheck artists
that our kids will never hear about 'cause

They'll be too busy
livin' up life
out every Friday night
stealin' a football kiss
and when they reach that grown up age
they'll realize
there ain't another moment like this