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