Cherry Bomb

According to the Cherry Bomb Songfacts, the title is a play on the name of their lead singer Cherie Currie, who was just 16 when this song was released. A "Cherry Bomb" is a small explosive device popular with kids, but in the context of this song, it means an underage girl who is lots of trouble - in this case taunting her parents and other adults with suggestions of promiscuity and bad behavior.

[Verse 1] Can't stay at home, can't stay in school Old folks say, "You poor little fool" Down the street, I'm the girl next door I'm the fox you've been waiting for [Chorus] Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb Hello, world, I'm your wild girl I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb [Verse 2] Stone Age love and strange sounds too Come on, baby, let me get to you Bad nights causin' teenage blues Get down, ladies, you got nothin' to lose [Chorus] Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb Hello, world, I'm your wild girl I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb [Guitar Solo] Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh! [Chorus] Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb Hello, world, I'm your wild girl I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb Oh-ah [Verse 3] Hey, street boy, want some style? Your dead-end dreams don't make you smile I'll give you somethin' to live for Have you and grab you 'til you're sore [Chorus] Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb Hello, world, I'm your wild girl I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb [Outro] Cherry bomb Cherry bomb Cherry bomb Cherry bomb Cherry bomb