Lyrics:

(rick bowles/robert byrne)


The first thing I did when you said goodbye

Was sit myself down and have a real good cry

The next thing I did was put my red dress on

And go downtown dancing ?'till the break of dawn


A girl?'s gotta do what a girl?'s gotta do

And now I gotta get to gettin?' over you

Too bad I gotta do it, baby, someone new

But a girl?'s gotta do what a girl?'s gotta do


Fancy meeting you at our stomping ground

Sorry if you caught me painting the town

Guess I shoulda stayed home with your memory

Baby don?'t take it personally


A girl?'s gotta do what a girl?'s gotta do

And now I gotta get to gettin?' over you

Too bad I gotta do it, baby, someone new

But a girl?'s gotta do what a girl?'s gotta do


Give me a call some time real soon

And remind me to remember to forget about you, oh yeah!


A girl?'s gotta do what a girl?'s gotta do

And now I gotta get to gettin?' over you

Too bad I gotta do it with someone new

But a girl?'s gotta do what a girl?'s gotta do


A girl?'s gotta do it

Yeah, a girl?'s gotta do it

Too bad I gotta do it with someone new

Too bad I gotta do it with someone new

But a girl?'s gotta do what a girl?'s gotta do