This Is What Makes Us Girls

Remember how we used to party up all night

Sneaking out and looking for a taste of real life

Drinking in the small town firelight

(Pabst Blue Ribbon on ice)

Sweet 16 and we had arrived

Walking down the streets as they whistle, "Hi, hi"

Stealin' police cars with the senior guys

Teachers said we'd never make it out alive

There she was, my new best friend

High heels in her hands, swayin' in the wind

Oh, she starts to cry, mascara runnin' down her little Bambi eyes

Lana, how I hate those guys

This is what makes us girls

We all look for heaven and we put love first

Something that we'd die for, it's our curse

Don't cry about it, don't cry about it

This is what makes us girls

We don't stick together 'cause we put our love first

Don't cry about him, don't cry about him

It's all gonna happen

And that's where the beginning of the end begun

Everybody knew that we had too much fun

We were skipping school and drinking on the job with the boss

Sweet 16 and we had arrived

Baby's table dancing at the local dive

Cheering our names in the pink spotlight

Drinking cherry Schnapps in the velvet night

Yo, we used to go break in

To the hotel, glimmer and we'd swim

Running from the cops in our black bikini tops

Screaming, get us while we're hot, get us while we're hot

(Come on, take a shot)

This is what makes us girls

We all look for heaven and we put love first

Something that we'd die for, it's our curse

Don't cry about it, don't cry about it

This is what makes us girls

We don't stick together 'cause we put our love first

Don't cry about him, don't cry about him

It's all gonna happen

The prettiest in crowd that you had ever seen

Ribbons in our hair and our eyes gleamed mean

A freshman generation of degenerate beauty queens

And you know something?

They were the only friends I ever had

We got into trouble and when stuff got bad

I got sent away, I was waving on the train platform

Crying 'cause I know I'm never coming back

This is what makes us girls

We all look for heaven and we put love first

Something that we'd die for, it's our curse

Don't cry about it, don't cry about it

This is what makes us girls

We don't stick together 'cause we put our love first

Don't cry about him, don't cry about him

It's all gonna happen