I have an abiding memory from – it must have been about 1990 or 1991 – when our daughter was having a weekend sleepover with a couple of her school friends. I came into the kitchen and there they all were, sitting around the breakfast table, planning their day and occasionally sweeping their hair back, which seemed to be quite the thing at the time.
“Morning’ I said, ‘girls just want to have fun, eh?’ ‘Yes, Pa’ she said, with the tinge of world-weariness that only teenagers can produce (she still calls me Pa; I like it).
Anyway, apart from being a great, cheery pop tune this has become something of a feminist anthem, and it’s certainly none the worse for that.
I come home in the morning light
My mother says, “When you gonna live your life right?”
Oh, mamma, 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 working day is done
Oh, girls—they wanna have fun
Oh, girls just wanna have fun
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
Oh, girls—they wanna have fun
Oh, girls just wanna have
That’s all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Oh, girls—they wanna have fun
Oh, girls just wanna have fun
They just wanna, they just wanna
(Girls)
They just wanna, they just wanna
(Girls just wanna have fun)
(Girls just wanna have fun)
They just wanna, they just wanna
They just wanna, they just wanna
(Girls)
They just wanna, they just wanna
(Girls just wanna have fun)
Girls
Girls just wanna have fun
Written by Robert Hazard
