It's an age-old situation The consequence of the selfish gene In pursuit of that perfection They exist in a tired dream of Cars and clothing, hair and makeup Know your angles, front them to get what you want We're waiting, we're watching you The clothing, you look so good ♪ It may seem superficial But this is how the world spins round All the pretty ones Climb the ladder, the pretty ones join the queue The pretty ones sell their products The pretty ones buy them too Go to a lot of fancy parties Use the time you lose to make sure that you Televise your pretty story It's not a crime for you to be proud of it If you think we won't notice When you take a break from all of the Cars and clothing, hair and makeup Know we're watching you, look so good ♪ It's all so superficial This is how the world spins round But the pretty ones, getting older The pretty ones, lose their hair The pretty ones climb the ladder The pretty ones fall down