Cheryl Tweedy

Track 13 on Alright, Still (Digital Deluxe Edition)

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“Cheryl Tweedy” along with “Absolutely Nothing” was released as a B-side to Lily’s debut single “Smile”. Throughout the track Lily dissects the obsessive strive for women… Read More

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Cheryl Tweedy Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I wish I had one good reason
Why I should stay
How'd I get myself into this place?
I wish had qualities like:
Sympathy, fidelity, sobriety, sincerity, humility
Instead, I got lunacy
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
I wish I could fit myself in my pocket
And tie myself to a rocket
And send myself to outer space
I wish I had a different face
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I wish I had one good reason why I should stay
How'd I get myself into this place?

[Chorus]
I wish my life was a little less seedy
Why am I always so greedy?
Wish I looked just like Cheryl Tweedy
I know I never will, I know I never will
I wish my life was not so boring
Every weekend, fall to the flooring
Don't get me started on Monday morning
It would be overkill, it would be overkill

[Verse 3]
I wish I had one good reason why I should stay
How'd I get myself (How'd I get myself)
Into this place?

[Verse 4]
I wish I could apologize, be dignified
Wish I could look you in the eye
And tell you that I never lied
I wish that I could stop the cries
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Don't wake me up today
Under my duvet's
Where I wanna stay
Don't wanna come out to play
Doesn't matter what you say, anyway, anyway

[Chorus]
I wish my life was a little less seedy
Why am I always so greedy?
Wish I looked just like Cheryl Tweedy
I know I never will, I know I never will
I wish my life was not so boring
Every weekend, fall to the flooring
Don't get me started on Monday morning
It would be overkill, it would be overkill

[Outro]
Oh, I wish I didn't smoke so many cigarettes
Another programme on antiques on the TV set
Wish I had blonde hair, wish I had green eyes
So many things about myself that I despise
(I wish my life was a little less seedy)
So many things about my life that I despise
(I wish my life was a little less seedy)
So many things that I despise
(I wish my life was a little less seedy)
So many things that I despise

About

“Cheryl Tweedy” along with “Absolutely Nothing” was released as a B-side to Lily’s debut single “Smile”.

Throughout the track Lily dissects the obsessive strive for women to achieve the unattainable beauty standards imposed upon them in modern society.

Cheryl Tweedy, also known as Cheryl Cole or simply Cheryl, is a famous singer from the UK and is often referenced as a beautiful women by the media and hence her selection by Lily as proprietor of the unattainable beauty standard.

Cheryl, missing the point, responded to Lily’s track with the following comment

I’m really flattered that lily’s written a track about me. I don’t know why she sings about wanting to be as pretty as me, as she looks stunning. I’d like to look like her.

To which Lily replied with

I don’t want to look like Cheryl Tweedy! It’s tongue-in-cheek. It’s meant to be ironic. I don’t have anything against her as a human being. It was a joke that not many people got. Of course, nobody really wants to look like Cheryl, they just think they do.