Once upon a time there was a princess

Bettin' on tears and counting kisses

Sittin' on the porch, she's makin' wishes

To ride on in and make her a missus

Ooh, white knight in a pickup truck

There is an old lady in a board up house who

Living on tears in a set of deep blue

Love don't love the way he used to

'Cause he took off every time the wind blew

Ooh, she said that's just my lover

Ooh, how long can you pass the buck?

If you got backbone

Girl, get on up

Life gets heavy, life gets tough

You got to live strong, I tell you what

Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone

Well, people gonna say what people gonna say

And lovers gonna love and haters gonna hate

There's nothing you can do about what you can't change

Doesn't really matter anyway

If you got backbone

Girl, get on up

Life gets heavy, life gets tough

You got to live strong, girl, tell you what

Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone

Ooh

Straighten up, shoulders back, chin high, put a smile on it

Straighten up, shoulders back, chin high, if he doesn't put a ring on it

Straighten up, shoulders back, chin high, put a smile on it

Straighten up, shoulders back

Ah, you gotta have backbone

Girl, get on up

Life gets heavy, life gets tough

You got to live strong, girl,  tell you what

Even if it's all you got, a girls got to have backbone

Girl, get on up

Life gets heavy, life gets tough

You got to live strong, I tell you what

Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone

Ooh, yeah

Ooh, yeah

Ha