One of my favourite Billy Bragg songs. LITTLE DISTORTION (maybe overdrive) & DELAY (3+) or echo. Heavy on the treble and turned up LOUD. Open chords with picking on bass note at chord changes. Like all Billy’s early songs of palm-muting. G D C G The busy girl buys beauty And 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 NC And the truth about pain GGCC GGCC GGCC D 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 20 & a1/2  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... Please rate. Any suggestions are welcome. Can anyone work out ’lover’s town revisited’? Also what is that beaten up brown guitar that billy played in his early days?

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La chanson évoque la quête incessante de beauté et de style chez les femmes, soulignant comment chacune d'elles se laisse influencer par des normes ou des conseils extérieurs. Elle critique la superficialité du monde de la mode et questionne les attentes qui pèsent sur les jeunes femmes, notamment face à des standards souvent inaccessibles. Dans un monde où l'apparence semble primordiale, l’artiste amène une réflexion sur l'authenticité et la valeur intérieure, suggérant que le vrai bonheur ne réside pas dans les tendances, mais dans des choix plus sincères. Loin des recommandations de beauté, il pose aussi une question profonde : que faire quand on se sent à l'écart de ces idéaux imposés ? Cela résonne comme un appel à se redéfinir au-delà de l’apparence.