Intro verse 1 She’s got another fantasy She lives in flat number tewnty three Picked first prize in carnival queen And now she takes her clothes off verse 2 Collects the covers off her magazines She longs to be another teenage dream The problem is she’s turning forty three She still takes her clothes off She got the nickname porta bubble joan The found hear dead deads as nails at home And she said I’m gonna be another Marilyn Bleach my hair and get real thin And everybody’s gonnan wanna dance with me verse 3 She love to have her little fantasies She longed to be the wife of Jimmy Dean But Jimmy’s head sits in Jimmy’s knees She loves to take her clothes off verse 4 Police are looking round at twenty three They found her hanging from her swollen feet The saw her dance last in Woolwoth Street She loves to take her clothes of She got the nickname porta bubble joan The found hear dead deads as nails at home And she said I’m gonna be another Marilyn Bleach my hair and get real thin And everybody’s gonnan wanna dance with me Outro Everybody wants to be the carnival queen Everybody wants to be the carnival king or queen We all read the books She takes her clothes off One by one Off Again

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La chanson raconte l'histoire d'une femme qui vit avec ses rêves et ses illusions, notamment celle de devenir une star. Elle vit seule dans un appartement et semble nostalgique de sa jeunesse, cherchant à retrouver sa beauté et son charme d'antan, en se comparant à des icônes comme Marilyn Monroe. Cependant, derrière cette quête de glamour et de reconnaissance, se cache une réalité plus sombre, marquée par la solitude et la tragédie. L'histoire se déroule alors qu'elle approche de la quarantaine, jonglant entre ses fantasmes et une vie qui la déçoit. La chanson évoque aussi des thèmes comme la quête d'acceptation et les désillusions, renforcés par des éléments tragiques qui soulignent la fragilité de son existence. Sa transformation et son désir de plaire sont finalement confrontés à une issue fatale, illustrant le contraste entre l'apparence et la réalité.