Paper Dolls

Lyrics

I was flipping Through a picture book Written just to sell the new look Saw the faces of men and little girls Staring vacant from their paper word See what comes from the pages of colors and clothes That someone picked and no one chose See what comes From measuring success By the way we look or how we dress Don't let what they advertise Make you something you don't recognize Because they don't know you at all With their carbon copy, cookie cutter, phony little paper dolls Beauty takes all kinds Especially if love is blind And we don't have be the same Little paper dolls in a chain So don't let them make you compare They're just pictures, they don't care About our 3-D freak scene Down at Seventeen Magazine Don't let commercial lies Shape the way you use your own eyes Because they don't know you at all With their carbon copy, cookie cutter, phony little paper dolls Mirror mirror on the wall Who's that little paper doll Mirror mirror on the wall Who's that little paper doll Mirror mirror on the wall (There's a respect breakdown) Who's that little paper doll (In their make-over shakedown) Mirror mirror on the wall (So love what you're dealt) Who's that little paper doll (And take it easy on yourself) To keep a grip on your mental health You're beautiful when you don't try So let it go and let your freak flag fly The world looks Pretty grim When our role models are mannequins I can offer No contribution To their black tie revolution So don't let them change your shape It's a mind trap you must escape Fat or skinny Short or tall All Creatures great and small They must make room for us all They must make room for us all They must make room for us all And outgrow their carbon copy, cookie cutter, phony little paper dolls Mirror mirror on the wall Who's that little paper doll Mirror mirror on the wall Who's that little paper doll Mirror mirror on the wall (There's a respect breakdown) Who's that little paper doll (In their make-over shakedown) Mirror mirror on the wall (So love what you're dealt) Who's that little paper doll (And take it easy on yourself) To keep a grip on your mental health (Take it easy on yourself) You must learn for no one (Take it easy on yourself) And forget everyone else You're beautiful when you don't try So let it go and let your freak flag fly