Billy Bragg - The Busy Girl Buys Beauty lyrics

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 20½ and not yet engaged

Will you go look for the boy who says

I love you let's get married and have kids

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...