You're just a stupid girl
You really got a lot to learn
Start living again
Forget about remembering
You're such a stupid girl

You're such a beautiful fish
Floppin' on the summer sand
Lookin' for the wave you missed
When another one is close at hand
You're such a stupid girl
You're such a stupid girl

Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Oh
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na

I saw you in Mercedes Benz
Practicing self-defense
You got it pretty good I guess
I couldn't see your eyes
You're really stupid, girl

You're such a stupid girl
You're such a stupid girl


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Stupid Girl Lyrics as written by Neil Young

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    Zuma! What an amazing album, does not get anywhere near the attention it deserves, as does most of Neil's stuff. Anyways, "Stupid Girl" has so much meaning to me. I think it describes a confused young girl who can't forget about her past or can't stop her past from affecting her present. She's confused about who and what she wants, which torments and frustrates the narrator. Out of his frustration she gets called the "stupid girl". That's the way I relate to it.

    hammy02on December 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    girl who is hung up over her ex, passing off other opportunities

    Shahinaon May 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment

    His frustration and hurt towards a girl that obviously is so stupid he had to have a song entitled simply stupid girl knew a few of them and i can say if i had the ability to write songs like this thered b 1000s of them. neil has so much raw emotion its overwhelming

    sgtfloyd101on January 15, 2015   Link
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    My Interpretation

    It seems to me to be about a girl so caught up in the idea of what she is supposed to be in the eyes of others that she doesn't realize she is fine the way she is.

    bongjovion November 20, 2016   Link
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    General Comment

    I think this is about a loser dude who stalks his ex (stupid girl) and just sees everything she’s doing and decides to see her in a negative light. It’s basically taking a look inside an “incel.”

    john109550on October 22, 2021   Link
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    I think the "girl," who is wealthy, had a trauma that she can't get over, possibly a rape. The narrator is not sympathetic and makes fun of her paranoia and trauma.

    eyehopon August 14, 2014   Link

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