Standard (EADGBE)
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Intro
Verse 1
If she wants to dance and drink all night then theres no one that can stop her.
Shes going until the house lights come up or her stomach spills onto the floor.
This night is going to end when were damn well ready for it to be over.
Worked all week long now the music is playing on our time.
We do what we do to get by, and then we need a release
Chorus
[high]
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
Verse 2
You get mixed up with the wrong guys, you get messed up on the wrong drugs.
Sometimes the party takes you places that you didnt really plan on going.
When people see the track marks on her arms she knows what theyre thinking.
She keeps on working for that minimum, as if a high school eductaion offered any other options.
They dont know nothing about redemption.
They dont know nothing about recovery.
Some people just aint the type for marriage and family.
Chorus
[high]
No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
Bah)
[high]
No mother ever dreams that her daugherers going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
Bah)
Verse 3
[high]
Shes out of step with the style, she dont know where the actions happening.
You know the downtown club scene aint nothing like it used to be.
You reach a point where theres not a lie in the world that you could use to make the
believe your still in you twenties.
They keep getting younger don't they baby.
Shes not waitng for someone to come over and ask for the privledge.
She can still hear that Rebel Yell just as loud as it was in 1983.
There aint no Johnny coming home to share a bed with her and she doesnt care.
Chorus
[high]
No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
Bah)
[high]
No mother ever dreams that her daugherers going to grow up to sleep alone.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
Bah)
[high]
No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to be a junkie.
(Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah
Bah)
If she had to live it all over again you know she wouldnt change anything
for the world.