WE WERE THREE
LITTLE GIRLS FROM
SCHOOL
ONE WAS PRETTY
ONE WAS SMART
AND ONE WAS A
BORDERLINE FOOL
WELL SHE'S STILL
GOOD LOOKIN'
THAT WOMAN HADN'T
SLIPPED A BIT
THE SMART ONE
USED HER HEAD
SHE MADE HER
FORTUNE
AND ME I CROSS
THE BORDER EVERY
CHANCE I GET
WE WERE THE GIRLS
OF THE FIFTIES
STONED ROCK AND
ROLLERS IN THE
SIXTIES
AND MORE THAN
OUR NAMES GOT
CHANGED AS THE
SEVENTIES SLIPPED
ON BY
NOW WE'RE
EIGHTIES LADIES
THERE AIN'T BEEN
MUCH THESE LADIES
AIN'T TRIED
BEEN EDUCATED
WE GOT LIBERATED
AND HAD COMPLICATING
MATTERS WITH MEN
OH WE'VE SAID I DO
AND WE'VE SIGNED
I DON'T AND WE'VE
SWORN WE'D NEVER
DO THAT AGAIN
OH WE BURNED OUR
BRAS AND WE BURNED
OUR DINNERS AND WE
BURNED OUR CANDLES
AT BOTH ENDS
AND WE'VE HAD
SOME CHILDREN
WHO LOOK JUST
LIKE THE WAY WE
DID BACK THEN
OH BUT WE'RE
ALL GROWN UP NOW
ALL GROWN UP BUT
NONE OF US COULD
TELL YOU QUITE HOW
WE WERE THE GIRLS
OF THE FIFTIES
STONED ROCK AND
ROLLERS IN THE
SIXTIES
HONEY MORE THAN
OUR NAMES GOT
CHANGED AS THE
SEVENTIES SLIPPED
ON BY
NOW WE'RE
EIGHTIES LADIES
THERE AIN'T BEEN
MUCH THESE LADIES
AIN'T TRIED
A MY NAME IS ALICE
I'M GONNA MARRY ARTIE
WE'RE GONNA SELL
APPLES AND LIVE IN
ARKANSAS
B MY NAME IS BETTY
I'M GONNA MARRY
BOBBY WE'RE GONNA
SELL BEANS AND LIVE
IN BRAZIL
C MY NAME IS CONNIE
I'M GONNA MARRY
CHARLIE WE'RE GONNA
SELL CARS AND LIVE
IN CALIFORNIA