[Verse]

            
Remember how w

              
e used to part

            
y up all night
              
Sneaking out a

             
nd looking for

              
 a taste of re

   
al life
              
Drinking in th

             
e small town f

   
irelight
            
(Pabst Blue Ri

bbon on ice)

            
Sweet sixteen 

         
and we had arr

ived
            
Walking down t

              
he street as t

    
hey whistle, "

Hi, hi!"
            
Stealin' polic

              
e cars with th

  
e senior guys
            
Teachers said 

              
we'd never mak

      
e it out alive

            
There she was 

            
my new best fr

iend
              
High heels in 

            
her hands, swa

             
yin' in the wi

nd
              
While she star

            
ts to cry, mas

              
cara runnin' d

             
own her little

       
 Bambi eyes:
"Lana, how I hate those guys."


[Chorus]

            
This is what m

            
akes us girls
              
We don't look 

            
for heaven and

              
 we put our lo

     
ve first
              
Something that

            
 we'd die for,

        
 it's a curse
            
Don't cry abou

              
t it, don't cr

   
y about it
            
This is what m

            
akes us girls
              
We don't stick

            
 together 'cau

              
se we put our 

         
love first
              
Don't cry abou

            
t him, don't c

          
ry about him
              
It's all gonna

  
 happen


[Verse]

            
And that's whe

              
re the beginni

             
ng of the end 

    
begun
             
Everybody knew

              
 that we had t

        
oo much fun
              
We were skippi

             
n' school and 

              
drinkin' on th

  
e job
             
(With the boss

)

            
Sweet sixteen 

         
and we had arr

ived
            
Baby's table d

              
ancin' at the 


local dive
            
Cheerin our na

           
mes in the pin

k spotlight

Drinkin' cherr

y schnapps in 

the velvet nig

ht

            
Know we used t

            
o go break in
              
to the hotel p

            
ool, glitterin

        
g we'd swim
              
Runnin' from t

            
he cops in our

              
 black bikini 


tops
              
screaming, "Ge

              
t us while we'

   
re hot"
"We don't give a whaaat!"


[Chorus]

            
This is what m

            
akes us girls
              
We don't look 

            
for heaven and

              
 we put our lo

     
ve first
              
Something that

            
 we'd die for,

        
 it's a curse
            
Don't cry abou

              
t it, don't cr

   
y about it
            
This is what m

            
akes us girls
              
We don't stick

            
 together 'cau

              
se we put our 

         
love first
              
Don't cry abou

            
t him, don't c

          
ry about him
              
It's all gonna

  
 happen


[Verse]

            
The prettiest 

              
crowd that you

 
 had ever seen
            
Ribbons in our

              
 hair and our 


eyes gleamed m

ean
            
A freshmen gen

              
eration of deg

 
enerate beauty

 queens
            
And you know s


omething?

              
They were the 

            
only friends I

      
 ever had
            
We got into tr

              
ouble and when

           
 stuff got bad
            
I got sent awa

              
y, I was wavin

         
g on the train

 platform
            
Crying 'cause 

              
I know I'm nev

   
er comin' back

.


[Chorus]

            
This is what m

            
akes us girls
              
We don't look 

            
for heaven and

              
 we put our lo

     
ve first
              
Something that

            
 we'd die for,

        
 it's a curse
            
Don't cry abou

              
t it, don't cr

   
y about it
            
This is what m

            
akes us girls
              
Darlin' little

            
 queens do you

              
 know what you

    
're worth?
              
I'll tell you 

            
everyday till 

            
you get it, gi

rl
              
It's all gonna

 
 happen

            
This is what m

         
akes us girls 

now, baby.
            
Why we rule th

             
e world now, b

           
aby oh baby oh

          
 baby oh
            
This is what m

         
akes us girls 

now, baby.
            
It's why we ru

             
le the world n

            
ow, baby, oh b

          
aby oh

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