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Not to be confused with the showtune, Kid Gulliver’s ‘Beauty School Dropout’ is an original - a fresh slice of powerpop candy. The band describe the song’s inspiration as “mainstream versus other notions about what makes someone beautiful."

lyrics

Black lipstick, eyeliner
A face like fine china
Bad manners, no graces
they stare with blank faces

And all the girls in town
who used to hang around
and get their make up from you
Don't know the reason why
you sit alone and cry
'cause it couldn't be true

You're a beauty school dropout
(sweet sixteen you were a beauty queen, it was always your dream)
Beauty school dropout
(you got a taste for the fashion scene and it wasn't your scene)

Soft highlights, hair tamer
No one could look lamer
A schoolgirl's repression
Allowed no expression

And all the girls in town
who used to hang around
and get their make up from you
Don't know the reason why
you sit alone and cry
'cause it couldn't be true

You're a beauty school dropout
(sweet sixteen you were a beauty queen, it was always your dream)
Beauty school dropout
(you got a taste for the fashion scene and it wasn't your scene)
Beauty school dropout dropout dropout
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Black lace and goth crosses
No color, no glosses
Bad posture, no graces
They stare with blank faces

And all the girls in town
who used to hang around
and get their make up from you
Don't know the reason why
you sit alone and cry
'cause it couldn't be true

You're a beauty school dropout
(sweet sixteen you were a beauty queen, it was always your dream)
Beauty school dropout
(you got a taste for the fashion scene and it wasn't your scene)
Beauty school dropout dropout dropout
Beauty school dropout dropout dropout
Beauty school dropout dropout dropout
Beauty school dropout dropout dropout

credits

from Red on Red Hots: Year One Compilation From Red on Red Records, released November 19, 2021
Music and lyrics written by David Armillotti
Personnel: Simone Berk-vocals; David Armillotti-guitar and vocals; Eric Otterbein-bass; Sandy Summer-drums
Recorded mixed and mastered by Brian Charles at Zippah Studios, Brighton, MA.
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