From the recording Pretty girls don't cry
I remember when I started writing this song I was 13 and had this idea in my head that the “pretty” girls had it all sussed out. I wrote the lyric “can I be forever 15” because I was scared of growing up and what it meant, and now, here I am about to turn 17, probably just as scared of the world ahead of me, and having come to the realisation that even pretty girls cry.
Lyrics
Got no time for child's plays
And some days I wish I could just fade away
Trying hard to do my best
But I can't get this weight off of my chest
Can I be forever 15
Just wanna be forever asleep
Living in your dreams ain't an option
But I can't seem to face my problems
But pretty girls don't cry
Their life is just a lie
Yeah pretty girls don't cry
They spend their life a lie
All I do is forget my problems
Always seem to be running from them
Slip away in hazy dreams
Well life's not quite as good as it seems
Spend my life hiding from her
I don't get no golden slumbers
I never seem to be ready
My eyes they just feel so heavy
But pretty girls don't cry
Their life is just a lie
Yeah pretty girls don't cry
They spend their life a lie
Brown skin
Black hair
Brown eyes
Who cares
Fat rolls
Stretch marks
Bad face
Not fair
Brown skin
Black hair
Brown eyes
Who cares
Fat rolls
Stretch marks
Bad face