I was just going down memory lane and felt like posting the lyrics to this song I wrote a long time ago for a character named Chantelle. I realize there are so many flaws with this song but I wanted to share it. I think I’m going to start sharing things like that on here now. Lyrics, poems, stories, you know that kind of stuff.
CHANTELLE
I WAS A BEAUTY QUEEN
BY THE AGE OF 17
I WON MISS GRAND SUPREME
MY EYES HAD THAT GLEAM
I HAD A DREAM
TO BE MOST BEAUTIFUL
I FOUND A GOOD SURGEON
AND WITH SOME COLLAGEN
GOODBYE MISS DOUBLE CHIN
I’LL BE A NEW PERSON
I HAD A PLAN
TO BE MOST BEAUTIFUL
TO BE MISS BEAUTIFUL
IT’S GOT TO BE IRREFUTABLE
THEY SAID I HAD IT ALL BUT I KNOW: BEAUTY AIN’T NATURAL
IT’S HARD WORK.
IT TAKES TIME FOR BREASTS THAT REALLY PERK
AND CURLS THAT REALLY SHINE
I MEAN YOU’RE APPLYING AND DRYING AND DYEING AND VVYING AND TRYING TO LOOK THE WAY THEY WANT
I see myself as an athlete of beauty The rationalization goes like so: Plastic surgery is like the athletes’ physio
IN MY DEFENSE IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE
IF A KNEE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED
TO WIN A RACE THEN WHY NOT YOUR FACE?
IF YOUR SHOULDER CAN’T SINK THAT BASKET
IF YOUR NOSE ISN’T DOING ITS JOB
IF YOUR HAMSTRINGS HAVE BEEN BLASTED
IF YOUR LIPS DON’T LOOK LIKE THEY THROB
I WAS CRYING AND SIGHING AND BUYING AND PRYING AND JUSTIFYING MYSELF THE WHOLE DAMN TIME
IN A GAME OF BEAUTY PAGEANTRY
IT’S NOT ABOUT AESTHETICS
IN A GAME WITHOUT A STRATEGY
IT’S MORE ABOUT COSMETICS
NO ROOM FOR BAD GENETICS
THEY SAID I HAD IT ALL BUT I KNOW: BEAUTY AIN’T NATURAL
I want to make one thing perfectly clear. I have no regrets about any it. I look amazing! But I suppose the pageant judges thought differently.
THEY SAW A PRETENSE
WITH NO COMMON SENSE
NOW THIS TROUT POUT
HAS TAKEN ME OUT
OF THE COMPETITION
THAT’S WHY I’M AT THIS AUDITION
WHEN CLEOPATRA’S CRUSHIN’ BEETLES
THEN MADONNA’S INJECTIN’ NEEDLES
NOW I CAN SEE VARNISHED TRACES
OF PICASSO PAINTED FACES
THEY SAID I HAD IT ALL BUT I KNOW: BEAUTY AIN’T NATURAL
Waking Dreams Up 