She turned fifteen with great expectations

Her older brother knew somethin' was up

He caught her goin' through his record collection

Lookin' at Hendricks like a lovesick pup

She begged and she pleaded till dad finally listened

He drove her in the car down to Sears-Roebuck

He bought her that guitar and that was the beginning

Now she's down in the cellar with the amp turned up

Girls with guitars daddy's little angel

Girls with guitars what's the world comin' to

Girls with guitars mothers tend to worry 'bout

Girls with guitars

Well,Saturday night she followed her brother

It was socks and stockin's on the old gym floor

While everybody danced to garage band covers

She was checking out riffs and memorizing' cords

She didn't care at all for the football heroes

She didn't even notice the basketball stars

Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeros

Except for the ones who played that guitar

Ah,girls with guitars she wasn't any debutante

Girls with guitars she didn't go out for cheerleading

Girls with guitars boys are kinda nervous 'round

Girls with guitars

She went off to college she got her degree

Her parents breathed a sigh of great relief

Daddy's thinkin' law school mothers thinkin' medicine

Daughter's thinkin' how she's gonna break the news to them

Now there's an old Chevy van sittin' in the driveway

Filled to the gills with all her stuff

She cut a deal with her brother to drive it up the highway

Figures New York City is close enough

She gets the audition through a friend of a friend

Who's checkin' out her legs sayin' "This will never work"

She flips on her boogie and turns to the band

Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk

Girls with guitars now everybody's rockin'

Girls with guitars there ought to be a song about

Girls with guitars

There's just no stoppin' those

Girls with guitars

Get your money for nothin' and your guys for free