Thank God for Girls

"Thank God for Girls" is a single released by Weezer on October 26, 2015. It is the lead single and third track from The White Album, although the album was still unannounced upon the song's release. The band would not confirm the existence of an album, and many media outlets referred to the song as a standalone single.

## Background

"Thank God for Girls" first became known to fans when the song title was posted in early October of 2015 with a release date of October 27 on the website allaccess.com that listed upcoming music releases. Karl Koch quickly informed Weezer fanclub members that while new music was being worked on, this release date may not be correct.

Despite this, the song was debuted live on October 20, with the single released on October 26 (a day before the previously posted release date). A lyric video directed by Scantron Films was released on October 25, which prominently features cannolis (as mentioned in the song's first verse).

Rivers first referred to the phrase "Thank God for girls" in a tweet from 2010. This may have inspired or been inspired by the original title for the song that became "Fun In The Sun" by Scott & Rivers.

Rivers posted annotations for the song on the website genius.com. Rivers states that the song title "Seemed like a big, mainstream-ish title but I knew I would be able to pull all kinds of weirdness out of it," sums up the song in general with "alright kids, let’s play with some gender stereotypes," notes that the was being worked on in late summer of 2015 ("I got the idea for the “Tennessee” lyric after we shot the “Go Away” video on Tennessee Ave. in West LA."), mentions the first two lines of the second verse were originally written in 1997, and explains the origin and inspiration of several other lines in the song.

Following the album announcement in January 2016, producer Jake Sinclair posted on the AllThingsWeezer forums and clarified the song's writing credits. He said that Rivers based the song on an instrumental demo that was sent to him by Alex Goose, and that the organ part from this demo was kept in the final version. He also said that the lyrics and melody were written solely by Rivers.

An extended 4:12 radio edit exists for the song, slightly modifying the ending of the bridge section which leads into a third chorus not featured on the standard version. Of interest is that this edit makes the song over forty seconds longer, a contrast to most radio edits which serve to shorten a song.

## Music Videos

### Lyric Video

The lyric video for the song was directed by Scantron. It premiered on October 25, 2015 on YouTube.

### Official Music Video

The official music video, also directed by Scantron, premiered on November 16, 2015 on Vevo.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The girl in the pastry shop with the net in her

Hair is making a cannoli for you to

Take on your hiking trip in the woods with your

Bros that you've known since second grade and you

May encounter dragons or ruffians and be

Called upon to employ your testosterone

In a battle for supremacy and access to

Females glued to the TV

And even if you are victorious you may receive

Many cuts, bruises, and scrapes

And you will require band aids and antiseptic ointments

And tender loving kisses on your stab wounds

And when you come home she will be there

Waiting for you with a fire in her eyes

And a big fat cannoli to shove

In your mouth, and that's why you

[Chorus]

Thank God for girls

Holla Jesu Christe, from Tennessee to LA

Thank God for girls

On your reckoning day, you better bow down and pray

[Post-Chorus]

She's so big, she's so strong

She's so energetic in her sweaty overalls

Thank God for girls (Thank God for girls)

Thank God for girls (Thank God for girls), thank God for girls

[Verse 2]

I'm so glad I got a girl to think of

Even though she isn't mine

I think about her all the day and all the night

It's enough to know that she's alive

She says I give her sweaty palms, she almost had a heart attack

The truth is that I'm just as scared I don't know how to act

I wish that I could get to know her better, but meeting up

In real life would cause the illusion to shatter

I carved her name into all the trees

Sang a song down on one knee

Looking at the underwear page of the Sears catalog

Like when I was 14

I'm levitating like a magnet turned

The wrong way around

I'm like an Indian Fakir tryna meditate on a

Bed of nails with my pants pulled down

[Chorus]

Thank God for girls

Holla Jesu Christe, from Tennessee to LA

Thank God for girls

On your reckoning day, you better bow down and pray

[Post-Chorus]

She's so big, she's so strong

She's so energetic in her sweaty overalls

Thank God for girls (Thank God for girls)

Thank God for girls (Thank God for girls), thank God for girls

[Verse 3]

God took a rib from Adam

Ground it up in a centrifuge machine

Mixed it with cardamom and cloves

Microwaved it on the popcorn setting

While Adam was like, "Ooh ooh! That really hurts!"

Going off into the tundra

So pissed at God

And he started lighting minor forest fires, stealing osprey eggs

Messing with the bees who were trying

To pollinate the echinacea, until God said

"I'ma smite you with loneliness

And break your heart in two!"

And Adam wept and wailed

Tearing out his hair

Falling on his knees, looked to

The sky and said, "Thank God..."

## See Also

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