My life is in a turmoil
My thighs are black and blue
My sheets are stained, so is my brain
What's a girl to do?
Oh what's a girl to do?

I passed out with a novel
Or needle in my hand
I passed out with a rag doll
And I passed out with a man

I say my three hail Mary's
I dearly paint my face
My friends decay around me
And I view them with distaste

My life is in a turmoil
My thighs are black and blue
My sheets are stained, so is my brain
What's a girl to do?
Oh what's a girl to do?

Well some girls have a mission
And some girls have their work
Some marry with precision
And some just dish the dirt!

And once I had a lover
And I once had a profession
And once I laughed at nothing
And they called it a depression!

I've tried dancing up and down
The wrong side of the track
And I've walked on the right side
Or just lain here on my back

I think I'll quit while I'm behind
Now that I'm twenty-two
My sheets are stained so is my brain
What's a girl a do?
Oh what's a girl to do?

My sheets are stained so is my brain
What's a girl a do?
Oh what's a girl to do?