If she wants to dance
and drink all night
Well there's no one
that can stop her
She's going
'til the house
lights come up
or her stomach
spills onto the floor
This night is gonna end
when we're damn
well ready
for it to be over
Worked all week long
Now the music is playing
on our time
Yeah we do what we do
to get by
and then we need a release
Pa pa pa
Pa pa pa dadada
Pa pa pa
Pa pa pa dadada
Pa pa pa
Pa pa pa dadada
Pa pa pa
Pa pa pa
You get mixed up
with the wrong guys
You get messed up
on the wrong drugs
Sometimes the party
takes you places
that you didn't really
plan on going
When people see the track
marks on her arms
she knows what
they're thinking
She keeps on working
for that minimum
as if a high school
education
gave you any other
options you know
They don't know
nothing about redemption
They don't know
nothing about
recovery
Some people just aren't
the type for marriage
and family
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to be a junkie
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to sleep alone
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to be a junkie
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to sleep alone
She's out of step
with the style
She don't know where
the action's happening
You know the downtown
club scene ain't nothing
like it used to be
You reach a point
where there's not
a lie in the world
that you could use
to make the boys believe
you're still in your twenties
But they keep getting
younger don't they baby
She's not waiting
for someone to come over
and ask for the privilege
She can still hear
that Rebel Yell
just as loud as it was
in nineteen eighty-three
you know
There ain't no Johnny
coming home to share
a bed with her
and she doesn't care
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to be a junkie
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to sleep alone
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to be a junkie
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to sleep alone
No mother ever dreams
that her daughter's gonna
grow up to be a junkie
And if she had to
live it all over again
You know she wouldn't
change
anything for the world