The Girls

**"The Girls"** is a song by Magdalena Bay. It was released on October 5, 2018 as a standalone single.

## Composition

"The Girls" is composed in the key of G♯ minor. The song's tempo is 140 beats per minute; in common time.

*"The Girls starts with an encounter, a pushy guy at a bar who doesn’t get the hint that I’m not interested in talking or getting to know him. The song builds on that typical type of encounter and muses on the exasperation and exhaustion that comes with being a woman. From childhood, girls are acutely aware of how men look at them. We carry the weight of that objectification. It makes us powerless but also powerful– and The Girls is an ode to that heavy understanding of the world and themselves that women carry with them."* - Mica Tenenbaum, press release

## Live Performances

The song was performed live throughout 2019, including at including at The Echo in Los Angeles on February 13, 2019.

## Lyrics

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I knew you from the first time

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You walked up with your head high

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Some beer froth on your top lip

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But too thirsty to feel it

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So boy don’t make me lie

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And dream up gentle goodbyes

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I grew up for the first time

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When my eyes turned to the skyline

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I held the world on one hip

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I shot you down with one blink

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So boy don’t make me lie

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When you’re just wasting your time

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No boy don’t make me lie

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You know I’m done for the night

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And the girls and the girls though you don’t want to believe it

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We’ve had enough, we’ve had enough

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And the girls and the girls though you don’t want to believe it

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We’ve had enough, we’ve had enough

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And the girl with the world that’s unraveled from her fingers

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She’s had enough, she’s had enough

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And the girl and the girl who doesn’t know what to believe in

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She’s had enough, she’s had enough

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I wash you out with white wine

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I’m drowning out the punch lines

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My eyes up to the ceiling

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You’ll wise up to my feeling

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So boy don’t make me lie

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When you’re just wasting my time

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No boy don’t make me lie

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You know I’m done for the night

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And the girls and the girls though you don’t want to believe it

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We’ve had enough, we’ve had enough

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And the girls and the girls though you don’t want to believe it

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We’ve had enough, we’ve had enough

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And the girl with the world that’s unraveled from her fingers

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She’s had enough, she’s had enough

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And the girl and the girl who doesn’t know what to believe in

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She’s had enough, she’s had enough

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Is it not rational

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Ah getting emotional

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You tell me again and again

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And where’s my affection oh

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Look in another direction oh

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And now I got your attention oh

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I’ll tell you over again

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And the girls and the girls though you don’t want to believe it

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We’ve had enough, we’ve had enough

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And the girls and the girls though you don’t want to believe it

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We’ve had enough, we’ve had enough

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And the girl with the world that’s unraveled from her fingers

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She’s had enough, she’s had enough

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And the girl and the girl who doesn’t know what to believe in

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She’s had enough, she’s had enough

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Is it not rational

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Ah getting emotional

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Oh yeah I’m getting emotional

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You tell me over again and again

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And where’s my affection oh

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Look in another direction oh

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And now I got your attention oh

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I’ll tell you over again and again and again and again

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## Trivia

It was one of the songs intended to be re-released as part of the *infinity/pop* EP prior to Mercurial World's release. The status of this re-release is unclear.