Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Live) Lyrics
Cyndi Lauper
Lyrics
I come home, in the mornin' light
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh momma dear, we're not the fortunate ones
And girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun...
The phone rings, in the middle of the night
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one
But girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
That's all they really want...
Some fun...
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Ho hoo girls just wanna have (girls) fun (they want)
(Wanna have fun)
(Girls)
(Wanna have)
Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest o' the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Ho hoo girls just wanna have
That's all they really want...
Is some fun...
When the workin' day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have (girls) fun (they want)
(Wanna have fun)
(Girls)
(Wanna have)
They just want, they just wanna (girls)
They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun)
Oh girls
Girls just wanna have fun
(Just want, they just wanna)
They just want, they just wanna (girls)
They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun)
Girls, girls just wanna have fun
When the workin'
When the workin' day is done
Oh, when the workin' day is done
Oh, girls
Girls just wanna have fun
They just want, they just wanna (girls)
They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun)
Oh, girls
Girls just wanna have fuun
(They just wanna, they just wanna)
When the workin'
When the working day is done (they just want, they just wanna)
Oh, when the working day is done (oh, girls)
(Girls just wanna have fun)
Oh, girls
Girls just wanna have fun
(They just want, they just wanna)
Song & Lyrics Facts
Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was released in 1983 on her debut album, She's So Unusual. The song was written by Robert Hazard and co-produced by Rick Chertoff and Cyndi Lauper.
It features the original backing band of Rob Hyman (keyboards), Eric Bazilian (guitar) and Steve Lovell (drums). With its catchy, upbeat melody and empowering lyrics, the single became an international hit and a feminist anthem. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it one of the most successful singles of the 1980s. Lyrically, the song speaks to female liberation and empowerment, with lines like “I come home in the morning light/My mother says when you gonna live your life right” encapsulating the spirit of the track.