Girls Just Want to Have Fun Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father says, "My boy, what do you want from your life?"
Father dear, you are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Verse 2]
Come home with the morning light
My mother says, "My boy, you've got to start living right"
Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one
Girls just wanna have fun
These girls just wanna have fun
[Chorus]
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Verse 3]
Some guys take a beautiful girl
They try to hide her away from the rest of the world
All my girls have got to walk in the sun
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father says, "My boy, what do you want from your life?"
Father dear, you are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Verse 2]
Come home with the morning light
My mother says, "My boy, you've got to start living right"
Don't worry, mother dear, you're still number one
Girls just wanna have fun
These girls just wanna have fun
[Chorus]
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Verse 3]
Some guys take a beautiful girl
They try to hide her away from the rest of the world
All my girls have got to walk in the sun
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Bridge]
I know your love for him
Is deep as day is long
I know you'd never be the
Thing to do him wrong
But when I knock on the door
I'm close now, you couldn't come
It really wasn't important
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
It's all they really want
Good fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Outro]
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come on, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Oh yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
I am the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come here, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Oh, yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
You are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
I know your love for him
Is deep as day is long
I know you'd never be the
Thing to do him wrong
But when I knock on the door
I'm close now, you couldn't come
It really wasn't important
'Cause girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
It's all they really want
Good fun
When the working day is done
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
[Outro]
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come on, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Oh yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
I am the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Come here, boy
(Just wanna, just wanna)
Oh, yeah
(Just wanna, just wanna)
You are the fortunate one
Girls just wanna have fun
Yeah, girls just wanna have fun
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This version of the Cyndi Lauper hit was written and demo recorded by the songwriter, Robert Hazard, in 1979. Rick Chertoff found it while looking for songs for Lauper for her debut album. The song was adjusted for a girl’s perspective and became a huge hit.
I changed all the lyrics over the phone with her. Originally, it was from the guy’s point of view. We had to make a lot of gender changes. She took the first verse and second verse and switched them. Why, I have no idea. Melodically, it’s exactly the same.
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