Released: August 11, 2009
Songwriter: Trey Vittetoe Ted Bruner Katy Perry
Producer: Trey Vittetoe Ted Bruner
[Verse 1]
Got a call from my friend
She saw my picture again
In a magazine
We laughed out loud
'Cause she said, "Remember when this was all a silly dream?"
Now I wake up every day
In a different city
A smile on my face
Somebody pinch me
She said, "all the world's a stage"
But girl, you know
Those cameras and lights
Won't ever change me
[Chorus]
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
[Verse 2]
It's amazing to hear
People singing along
Hear the radio playing my song
I still get butterflies
Still get nervous inside
In the spotlight
Now every now and then
On a Friday night
Cruisin' down to the dive bar
We waste the night away
Spend Saturday sleeping in late
Those were the good days
[Chorus]
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
[Bridge:]
And even when I'm miles away
I'll always have the roots
From where I came
'Cause when it all fades away
My home will still be the same
Yeah, eh yeah
[Chorus]
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
Got a call from my friend
She saw my picture again
In a magazine
We laughed out loud
'Cause she said, "Remember when this was all a silly dream?"
Now I wake up every day
In a different city
A smile on my face
Somebody pinch me
She said, "all the world's a stage"
But girl, you know
Those cameras and lights
Won't ever change me
[Chorus]
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
[Verse 2]
It's amazing to hear
People singing along
Hear the radio playing my song
I still get butterflies
Still get nervous inside
In the spotlight
Now every now and then
On a Friday night
Cruisin' down to the dive bar
We waste the night away
Spend Saturday sleeping in late
Those were the good days
[Chorus]
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
[Bridge:]
And even when I'm miles away
I'll always have the roots
From where I came
'Cause when it all fades away
My home will still be the same
Yeah, eh yeah
[Chorus]
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
I don't drink champagne
When I'm back home with my friends
We sip on tea on the porch
'Cause I'm still the girl next door
No fancy things
When I come off tour
I slip back into my jeans
'Cause I'm still the girl next door