Billy Bragg
"The Busy Girl Buys Beauty"


The busy girl buys beauty
The pretty girl buys style
And the simple girl buys what she's told to buy
And sees her world through the brightly lit eyes
Of the glossy romance of fashion
Where she can learn
Top tips for the gas cook
Successful secrets of a sexual kind
The daily drill for beautiful hair
And the truth about pain

What was Anna Ford wearing?
What did Angela Rippon say?
What will you do when you wake up one morning
To find that God's made you plain
In a beautiful person's world?
And all those quick recipes
Have let you down
And you're 20ÂЅ and not yet engaged
Will you go look for the boy who says
I love you let's get married and have kids
Lyrics
The busy girl buys beauty
The pretty girl buys style
And the simple girl buys what she's told to buy
Through the brightly lit eyes
Of the glossy romance of fashion
Where she can learn
Top tips for the gas cook
Successful secrets of a sexual kind
The daily drill for beautiful hair
In a mail order paradise