52 Girls

Album: The B-52's (1979)
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  • Effie
    Madge and Mabel
    Biddie, see them on the beach
    Or in New
    York City, Tina Louise
    And there's Hazel and Mavis

    Can you name, name, name
    Name 'em today?
    Can you name, name, name
    Name 'em today?

    Wanda and Janet
    And Ronnie and Reba, oh, oh, oh

    These are the girls of the U.S.A.
    The principal girls of the U.S.A.

    Can you name, name, name
    Name 'em today?
    Can you name, name, name
    Name 'em today?

    Oh, oh, oh

    Kate
    Kate and Cindy
    And Crystal and Candy

    Mercedes and Joan, Betty and Brenda
    Suzie and Anita
    And Pheobe and Jack, Jackie-O

    These are the girls of the U.S.A.
    The principal girls of the U.S.A.

    Can you name, name, name
    Name 'em today?
    Can you name, name, name
    Name 'em today?

    Can you name, name, name? Writer/s: CHARLES J. AYERS, CINDY WILSON, FRED SCHNEIDER, KATE PIERSON, KEITH STRICKLAND, RICKY WILSON
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sentric Music
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Glen Veinot from Hammonds Plainsactually there are only 24 names, Kate is listed twice to make the correct beat.
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