Remember how we used to party up all night 

Sneakin' 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 what

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

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.