Why she's a girl from the chain store Why she's a girl from the chain store She told me my attitude was wrong I had to find out where she came from Why she's a girl from the chain store Why she's a girl from the chain store Her name was written on her coat Her life was a miserable anecdote She loved her mother and her father They never missed her birthday Listen to everythin' they said Like "Never miss your birthday" Why she's a girl from the chain store Why she's a girl from the chain store A product of environment Another flesh wound in a tenement Why she's a girl from the chain store Why she's a girl from the chain store Why she's a girl from the chain store Why she's a girl from the chain store Facin' Bernstein's barrier Waitin' for someone to marry her Why she's a girl from the chain store Why she's a girl from the chain store Down there at the discotheque Waitin' for someone to bite her neck