I learned from my mother what she learned from her mother
Sit still, look pretty, just flow with the water
Feel the ache in my stomach,
but I'll go a little longer
No, it won't kill me just to try a bit harder
But you will never know
Cause that's just how it goes, oh
Girls will be girls,
hold the weight of the world behind a painted smile saying,
oh I'm fine
And girls will be there,
hold your head when you can't get out
of bed sometimes saying you'll be fine
Cause girls will be girls,
girls will be girls,
girls will be girls,
girls will be girls
You picked me up in the middle of the night,
he broke my heart for the hundredth time
You knew what to say, you've been here before
And you've seen all the pain that he would ignore
Oh, that's just how it goes
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Girls will be girls,
hold the weight of the world behind
A painted smile, saying, oh, I'm fine
And girls will be there,
hold your head when you can't get out of bed
Sometimes saying you'll be fine
Cause we'll be, cause we'll be, cause-
We'll be, cause, we'll be cool
They will be
Cause we'll be, cause we'll be, us
We'll be, cause, we'll be, us
We'll be cool
she-
cause we'll be-
cause we'll be-
cause we'll be cool
so they can't hear us
she-
our
cause we'll be
cause we'll be
Girls will be girls
Girls will be girls
Hold the weight of the world behind a pained smile
Saying, oh, I'm fine