Girls Can't Drive is a song performed by Susan St. Clair in the Paramount+ original series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.
Overview[]
Susan nearly failed her driving test and sang "Girls Can't Drive" which illustrated her own complicated family issues.[1]
Lyrics[]
Little girl with the perfect smile
Learned to talk, learned to walk every extra mile
Little girl with the perfect painted skin
Learned to just only apologize again
I never got a chance to decide
What I did, who I was
Was idealized
If I ever crossed a dotted line
It was shamed, it was tamed
And it was criticized
I wanna be big
I wanna be bold
But I’m doing as I’m told
I wanna be seen
I wanna be loud
But they’ll never hear a sound
How can I recognize
When it’s my time when I was never allowed to try
That’s why
Girls, girls can’t drive
Ooh-ooh, girls can't drive
Since I’ve been so powerless
I backseat drive, manipulative
Survival is a learned lesson
So I do what it takes, do what it takes to win
I wanna be big
I wanna be bold
But I’m doing as I’m told
I wanna be seen
I wanna be loud
But they’ll never hear a sound
How can I recognize
When it’s my time when I was never allowed to try
That’s why
Girls, girls can’t drive
For so long, I’ve kept what
What I want deep in
So if I said it out loud
I wouldn’t believe it
I’m gonna be big
I’m gonna be bold
I won’t do as I am told
I’m gonna be seen
I’m gonna be loud
Until they hear every sound
How can I recognize
When it’s my time when I was never allowed to try
That’s why
Girls, girls can’t drive
Girls can’t drive
Girls, girls can’t drive
Girls can’t drive
Girls, girls can't drive