Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Girls, Girls, Girls

We’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, and Pop Muzik, so tonight let’s get classy and do some Motley Crue! The song is Girls, Girls, Girls and was a biggish hit for the Crue in 1987. It’s basically a tour of their favorite strip clubs in various cities.

I might add this song has a personal connection for me because when I was in the 9th grade, I took a tennis class at my school for my P.E. requirement. A buddy of mine and I played every day with some seniors on the farthest court, and one of the seniors would park his Jeep just outside the tennis court and open the doors, blasting this album on his stereo while we played. The coach mainly stuck to the other set of courts closer to school with kids from the tennis team, and didn’t seem to care too much what we got up to. It was great.

Here’s the first verse. It doesn’t actually have any cities, I just wanted to note that it’s a clear allusion to (is that too fancy a word for the Crue? How about “They ripped it off from”) Elton John’s “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fightin’.”

Friday night and I need a fight
My motorcycle and a switchblade knife
Handful of grease in my hair feels right
But what I need to make me tight are

Girls, Girls, Girls
At the Dollhouse in Ft. Lauderdale
Girls, Girls. Girls
Rocking in Atlanta at Tattletails
Girls, Girls, Girls
Raising Hell at the 7th Veil