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Happy birthday, you're 18
The only thing that means
Is you're old enough to strip,
Still too young to have a grip
On the high cost of each dollar,
The impact of your father
On every shitty guy you'll date,
Every piss poor decision you'll make

She's taken all her notes in pencil,
Didn't dare to contradict
Themselves, and half of what they say
She's learning that rules can't bend that way

They say you measure a man
By the way he stands
Could you kick those heels off
Baby, and still walk tall?

She's staying up, she's working
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.
She's learning all that life can give and take away.

Pretty Miss Mary Mary, quite contrary
You 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 measure a man
By the way he stands
Could you kick those heels off
Baby, and still walk tall?

She's staying up, she's working
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.
She's learning all that life can give and take away.

Pretty Miss Mary Mary, quite contrary
You 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.
She's learning all that life can give and take away.
She's staying up, she's working
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 young to have a grip