| She turned 15 with great expectations
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| Her older brother knew that somethin' was up He caught her going through his record collection
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| Lookin' at Hendrix like a lovesick pup
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| She begged and she pleaded 'till dad finally listened
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| He drove in the car down to Sears Roebuck
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| He bought her that guitar and that was the beginning
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| Now she’s down in the cellar with the amp turned up Girls with guitars
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| (Daddy's little angel)
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| Girls with guitars
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| (What's the world coming to)
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| Girls with guitars
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| (Mothers tend to worry about)
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| Girls with guitars
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| Well, Saturday nights she followed her brother
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| It was socks and stockings on the old gym floor
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| While everybody danced to garage band covers
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| She was checking out riffs and memorizing chords
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| She didn’t care at all for the football heroes
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| She didn’t even notice the basketball stars
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| Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeroes
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| Except for the ones that played that guitar
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| Girls with guitars
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| (She wasn’t any debutante)
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| Girls with guitars
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| (She didn’t go out for cheerleading)
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| Girls with guitars
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| (Boys are kind of nervous 'round)
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| Girls with guitars
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| She went off to college
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| She got her degree
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| Her parents breathed a sigh of great relief
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| Daddy’s thinking law school
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| Mother’s thinking medicine
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| Daughter’s thinking how she gonna break the news to them
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| Now there’s an old Chevy van just sitting in the driveway
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| Filled to the gills with all of her stuff
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| She cut a deal with her brother to drive it up the highway
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| She figures New York City is close enough
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| She gets the audition through a friend of a friend
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| Who’s checking out her legs, saying this will never work
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| She flips on her boogie and turns to the band
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| Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk
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| Girls with guitars
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| (Now everybody’s rockin')
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| Girls with guitars
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| (There ought to be a song about)
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| Girls with guitars
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| (There's no just no stopping those)
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| Girls with guitars
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| Get your money for nothin' and your guys for free |