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
Or every shitty guy you'll date
Every piss poor decision you'll make

She's taking all her notes in pencil
Intend to contradict themselves, and half of what they say
She's learning that rules can 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 (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 (hard for the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away

Pretty miss Mary, Mary quite contrary 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 (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 (hard for the money tonight)
She's learning all that life can give and take away

Pretty miss Mary, Mary quite contrary 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 (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 (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 too young to have a grip