It's Different For Girls

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It's Different For Girls by Joe Jackson

About It's Different For Girls

"It’s Different for Girls" is a song written by Joe Jackson. Often labelled as 80's music, the song is in fact from Jackson's 1979 album I'm The Man. The song was Jackson's biggest UK chart single, peaking at number five in the UK Singles Chart. The track contained lyrics that feature Jackson "deliberately turn[ing] clichés on their head" in that, while originally sounding as if the song would suggest that the male protagonist was looking for sex and his female partner was looking for love, the opposite is revealed to be the case. .

It's Different For Girls Lyrics

What the hell is wrong with you tonight?
I can't seem to say or do the right thing
Wanted to be sure you're feeling right
Wanted to be sure we want the same thing

She said, "I can't believe it
You can't possibly mean it
Don't we all want the same thing?
Don't we?
Well, who said anything about love?"

"No, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?"
(Don't give me love)
"No, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?
You're all the same"

Mama always told me, "Save yourself
Take a little time and find the right girl
Then again, don't end up on the shelf"
Logical advice gets you in a whirl

I know a lot of things that
You don't, you wanna hear some?
She said, "Just give me something
Anything
Well, give me all you got, but not love"

"No, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?"
(Don't give me love)
"No, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?
You're all the same" (you're all the same)
(You're all the same) "You're all the same"
(You're all the same, you're all the same)
"You're all the same, same" (you're all the same)

"Who said anything about love?" (Don't give me love)

"No, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?"
(Don't give me love)
"No, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?"
Don't give me (don't give me love)

"No, no, no, no, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?"
(Don't give me love)
"No, no, no, no, no, not love", she said
"Don't you know that it's different for girls?
You're all the same"

"You're all the same"
"You're all the same"
"You're all the same"

From the album: (70's) Seventies Collected Volume 2