If she wants to dance and drink all night Well there's no one that can stop her She's goin' 'til the house lights come up Or her stomach spills onto the floor This night is gonna end When we're damn well ready for it to be over Worked all week long Now the music is playing on our time Yeah, we do what we do to get by And then we need a release You're getting mixed up with the wrong guys You're getting messed up on the wrong drugs Sometimes the party takes you places That you didn't really plan on goin' When people see the track marks on her arms She knows what they're thinking She keeps on working for that minimum As if a high school education gave you any other options, you know They don't know nothing about redemption They don't know nothing about recovery Some people just aren't the type for marriage and family No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to be a junkie No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to sleep alone No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to be a junkie No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to sleep alone She's out of step with the style She don't know where the action's happening You know the downtown club scene Ain't nothing like it used to be You reach a point where there's not a lie in the world That you could use to make the boys believe You're still in your 20s, uh, but They keep getting younger, don't they, baby? She's not waiting for someone to come over And ask for the privilege She can still hear that rebel yell Just as loud as it was in 1983, you know There ain't no Johnny coming home to share a bed with her And she doesn't care No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to be a junkie No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to sleep alone No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to be a junkie No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to sleep alone No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna to grow up to be a junkie And if she had to live it all over again You know she wouldn't change anything for the world