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 sixteen and we had arrived

Walking down the street 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

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

"Lana, how I hate those guys."

This is what makes us girls

We don't look for heaven and we put our love first

Don't you know we'd die for it? It's a 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 skippin' school and drinkin' on the job

(With the boss)

Sweet sixteen and we had arrived

Baby's table dancin' at the local dive

Cheerin our names in the pink spotlight

Drinkin' cherry schnapps in the velvet night

Know we used to go break in

to the hotel pool, glittering we'd swim

Runnin' from the cops in our black bikini tops

screaming, "Get us while we're hot"

"We don't give a whaaat!"

This is what makes us girls...

The prettiest crowd that you had ever seen

Ribbons in our hair and our eyes gleamed mean

A freshmen 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 comin' back.

This is what makes us girls

We don't look for heaven and we put our love first

Don't you know we'd die for it? It's a curse

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

This is what makes us girls

Darlin' little queens do you know what you're worth?

I'll tell you everyday till you get it, girl

It's all gonna happen

This is what makes us girls now, baby.

This is why we rule the world now, baby.

This is what makes us girls now, baby.

Why we rule the world now, baby, oh.