Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I come home in the morning light
My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right"
Oh, mommy dear, we're not the fortunate ones
And girls, they wanna have fun
Oh, girls they wanna have

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on

The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells, "whatchu gonna do with your life?"
Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one
But girls they wanna have fun
Oh, girls they wanna have

That's all they really want, some fun
When the working day is done
You know girls they wanna have fun
Come on

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now

And the boys they wanna have fun
And the girls they wanna have fun
And the boys they wanna have fun
And the girls they wanna have

Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on

Hey now, hey now (when the working day is done)
What's the matter with you? (You know girls)
Girls just wanna have fun now (they wanna have fun)
(Come on, come on)

And the boys they wanna have fun
And the girls they wanna have fun (what's the matter with you?)
And the boys they wanna have fun (girls just wanna have fun now)
And the girls they wanna have fun

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Come on (fun now)

And the boys they wanna have fun
And the girls they wanna have fun (wanna have fun now)
And the boys they wanna have fun (come on, come on)
And the girls they wanna have

Hey now, hey now (oh)
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now (come on)
Come on (come on)

Hey now, hey now (oh mommy dear we're )
What's the matter with you? (Not the fortunate ones))
Girls just wanna have fun now
You know girls they wanna have fun, come on

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now


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Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) Lyrics as written by Lolly Vegas Robert Hazard

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    People need to get their minds outta the gutta -_- Anyway, cute song, it IS about being free. Mom and Dad tell ya to live responsibly like a good little girl, but ya gotta break loose sometimes! Love the music video, it's so funny at the end when all those people come in to her house and party.

    tigereyes8809on December 07, 2005   Link

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