Race for Life is a series of UK-wide women-only fundraising events organise… Read Full Bio ↴Race for Life is a series of UK-wide women-only fundraising events organised by the British charity Cancer Research UK. Participation is limited to women, however, men can volunteer to help organise and marshal the event. Race for Life involves running, jogging or walking a 5-kilometre course and raising sponsorship from friends and family for doing so. The money raised is donated to the charity and funds cancer research and campaigns.

In April 2010 they released a Charity CD through Tescos.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Race For Life Lyrics

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I come home in the morning light
My mother says when you gonna live your life right
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to 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 want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have

That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls - they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I want to be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have

That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls - they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun,
They want to have fun,
They want to have fun...

girl.girls... girls...

Overall Meaning

In this song, the singer is a girl who is being told to live her life right by her mother and is being questioned about her future by her father. However, she states that girls just want to have fun and that is all they really want. The singer is aware that they are not one of the fortunate ones, but that doesn't stop them from wanting to have fun. The phone ringing in the middle of the night seems to indicate that the singer is perhaps out partying and not following the expectations of their parents.

The song seems to highlight the disparity in the expectations of parents and what teenage girls actually want, which is to have fun. The lyrics are reflective of a time when there were strict gender roles and societal expectations placed on women to behave in a certain way. However, this song celebrates the idea of breaking free from those expectations and just enjoying life for what it is.

Line by Line Meaning

I come home in the morning light
I return home in the early hours of the day

My mother says when you gonna live your life right
My mom advises me to start living my life correctly

Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
But, mom, we're not lucky, to begin with.

And girls they want to have fun
Girls want to enjoy themselves as well.

Oh girls just want to have fun
Oh, girls just want to have fun.

The phone rings in the middle of the night
A phone call comes at midnight.

My father yells what you gonna do with your life
My dad shouts at me, what are you going to do with your life?

Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
But, but dad, you're still the best!

That's all they really want
Having fun is all they desire truly.

Some fun
Entertainment.

When the working day is done
After finishing work for the day.