Once in a time Where the girls feel like girls And the world is painted cotton candy (cotton candy) Where the sweet lemonade of McGregor street (sweet lemonade) Was the best damn thing of the summer breeze Your dad drives a foreign car (a foreign car) And your mama looks like a beauty queen Now the sour bitter taste (sour bitter taste) Of a colorless waste Seems to light up my nights somehow And the music I play must be Loud, loud, loud, loud Loud as can be So I don't have to hear myself think (no, no) So I don't to wake up from this dream (no, no) I don't wanna sing no single mama blues I'm not singing look at me I've been abused Oh I'm another silly lost girl staring at you (staring at you) So maybe I'll put on my high heel shoes (ba, ba) And soar the night away (ba, ba) And soar the night away (ba, ba,) But whatever I do I'm not gonna slow this bird down (down) I don't wanna look life in the eye (eye) I'm not gonna fall face first in this spiral called a life I'm not indenial (no) I'm not suicidal (no) Not an alcoholic (no) I'm not out here hoein' So just shut the fuck up (shut the fuck up) This bird's not slowin' down Once in a while (once in a while) When the sun does its job Lets the clouds take a nice day off (day off) I can breeze through the day And just run through the night (run through the night) Hearing cheers come from those big blue eyes His smile blazes like fireworks On the evening of fourth of july So I got reason to fly I'm not gonna slow this bird down (down) I don't wanna look life in the eye (eye) I'm not gonna fall face first in this spiral called a life I'm not indenial (no) I'm not suicidal (no) Not an alcoholic (no) I'm not out here hoein' So just shut the fuck up (shut the fuck up) This bird's not slowin' down Slowin' down (down, down, down, down) Slowin' down (down, down, down, down) Down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down Slowin' down It's not over yet The song isn't over yet Ain't no birds Gonna slow me down I'ma keep on rollin' And ain't no birds Gonna slow me down Keep on rollin' And ain't no birds Gonna slow me down I'ma keep on rollin' And ain't no birds Gonna slow me down