Song Description

Struggles of a pregnant teenager.

Lyrics

WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO

When I was seventeen me and Billy Joe
Made love in the back of his car
He held me tight looked in my eyes
He said we'd never part
When you're seventeen you still believe
That lovers mean what they say
I didn't know that for guys like him
Love was just a game

So when I told him
Billy Joe you're gonna be a dad
It hit me like a two ton truck when he said
It must be another man

What's a girl to do when her whole world's breaking all apart
What's a girl to do when she don't know what to do or where to start
And what's a girl to do when she's got no-one to help her through
No-one that she can lean on
What's a girl to do

My daddy he was a security guard
At the state penitentiary
Sometimes when he was drunk
You could smell the fear
He took it out on mama and me
I was scared of what he'd do when I started to show
I know I had to get away
I heard in New York City no-one cares about your business
I figured I'd go there to stay

I used to have so many dreams
I was gonna have a really nice life
Now I don't dream I only pray
That someday things will be all right

What's a girl to do when her whole world's breaking all apart
What's a girl to do when she don't know what to do or where to start
And what's a girl to do when she's got no-one to help her through
No-one that she can lean on
What's a girl to do
No-one that she can lean on
What's a girl to do

© Marvin Conan