Happy Birthday, you're 18
The only thing that means
Is you're old enough to strip
Still to young to have a grip
On the high cost of each dollar
The impact of your father
Every shitty guy you'll date
Every piss poor decision you'll make
She's taken all her notes in pencil
Intend to contradict themselves
And half of what they say
She's learning that rules can bend that way
They say you can measure a man
By the way he stands
Could you kick those heels up
Baby and still walk tall?
She's staying up, she's working
Hard for the money tonight (Hard for the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away
She's staying up, she's working
Hard for the money tonight (Hard the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away
Pretty miss Mary, Mary
Quite contrary
Won't stay this pretty forever
Because miss Mary, Mary things will get hairy
Drug habits make it hard to keep a body together
They say you can measure a man
By the way he stands
Could you kick those heels up
Baby and still walk tall?
She's staying up, she's working
Hard for the money tonight (Hard for the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away
She's staying up, she's working
Hard for the money tonight (Hard for the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away
Pretty miss Mary, Mary
Quite contrary
Won't stay this pretty forever
Because miss Mary, Mary things will get hairy
Drug habits make it hard to keep a body together
She's staying up, she's working
Hard for the money tonight (Hard for the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away
She's staying up, she's working
Hard for the money tonight (Hard for the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away
Happy Birthday, you're 18
The only thing that means
Is you're old enough to strip
Still to young to have a grip