Girlfriends

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) We were half-asleep, we were half-awakened It's hard to find yourself in 11th grade, so We go out and we drink too much Just to have an excuse to touch And make out, so the jocks could watch They'd say, "Oh, my God, that's so hot" I wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah I wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah I know you wanted me too, yeah, even back then, I knew You wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah There was somethin' different 'bout us But we didn't show it Maybe we were scared of ourselves, maybe homophobic Took my hand, pulled me out to the hall Pushed me hard up against the wall And I said, we should go back in Didn't want anybody to think I wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah I wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah I know you wanted me too, yeah, even back then, I knew You wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah I saw your boyfriend one night at the bar He leaned in real close Over the noise, I asked how you are He said that he knows He knows that we used to kiss He laughed like it was joke I guess he don't know I guess he don't know that I wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah I wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah I know you wanted me too, that's somethin' we couldn't do You wanted to be girlfriends, but we were just girlfriends, yeah (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) we were just girlfriends, yeah