Name: Pretty Girl
Duration: P00H04M17S
Description: When I first started writing this song I was in a place of insecurity, a place many of us fall into. My lyrics reflect a personal struggle, as well as a universal message of living up to unrealistic expectations set forth by an industry dominated by men.

Pretty Girl

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When I first started writing this song I was in a place of insecurity, a place many of us fall into. My lyrics reflect a personal struggle, as well as a universal message of living up to unrealistic expectations set forth by an industry dominated by men.

lyrics

Where are you pretty girl?
Are you hiding in your blush?
Dividing all your calories so you can feel enough
Where are you pretty girl among the magazines?
Concealing all your faults so you can flawlessly be seen
But you can’t hide you doubts
You can’t hide your seams
You paint a perfect picture but you’re hollow underneath
You can’t hide your tears
When you’re howling in the night
You wonder what went wrong but baby nothing's feeling right.

Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Where are you? Where are you?

Oh, you should smile more
You should smile more

Where are you pretty girl
Inside this masquerade?
Do you actually have a heart
Or do you care what people say?
Where are you pretty girl
When the cameras catch your eye?
Do you nibble at your pie to reap a million of likes likes?
But you can’t hide your fears
You can’t hide your needs
When you’re walking in the dark
Do you hold tight to your own keys?
You scream and you shout
And use your pepper spray
It’s his words against your own
he’ll be let out in the same day

Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Where are you? Where are you?

Oh, you should smile more (Smile more, smile more)
You should smile more (Smile more, smile more)
Oh, you should smile more (Smile more, smile more)
Oh, you should smile more

You better be, better be confident but coy
You better be, better be rich but unemployed
You better be, better be fit but not a beast
You better have, better have curves but don’t you eat
You better be, better speak up but keep it down
You better be, better be firm but not too loud
You better be, better be shy but not a prude
You better better better be always in the mood
Be in the mood, be in the mood, be in the mood

Why don’t you try? Show them pearly whites?
Why don’t you try? Show them pearly whites?
Why don’t you try? Show them pearly whites or me?

Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Ooh, where are you pretty girl?
Where are you? Where are you?

credits

released February 27, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Hayley Lynn
Produced by Alex Milsted and Chance Diaz
Mixed and Mastered by Chance Diaz

Harmonium - Alex Milsted

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Hayley Lynn Music Portland, Oregon

Hayley Lynn's songwriting has been a quiet but profound pursuit. She draws from experience and it is that which creates her soundscape. Within her playful banter and the sharpness that the wit of her songwriting provides there lies a deeply personal look at who Hayley Lynn was, is and who she strives to become. ... more

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