Tallulah Gray - Ain't My Life Lyrics

They Tried
To tell us who to be
Turn us all
To mindless barbies
Craving
A 'picture-perfect' love
But that
Just don’t apply to us
Work hard
To keep the image up
Welcome
To the club
Who says
It’s gotta be this way
Why listen
To what it dictates
I’m no girl next door
I’m no prom night score
I’m no plot device
That Just Ain’t my life
Not out at the football games
No Pep Rally Bonfire flames
No cheerleaders calling me names
Yeah, that ain't my life
Not who I should be
Lost in the movie screen
But all I see Homecoming queens
Yeah, That Ain’t My Life
Led us to believe
What we saw on our screens
"Pink and Pretty"
Don’t represent me
Kissing in the rain
Never seemed to play out the same
John Hughes fantasy
That just ain’t for me
I’m no girl next door
I’m no prom night score
I’m no plot device
That Just Ain’t my life
Not out at the football games
No Pep Rally Bonfire flames
No cheerleaders calling me names
Yeah, that ain't my life
Not who I should be
Lost in the movie screen
But all I see Homecoming Queens
Yeah, That Ain’t My Life
They feed us these images
Displays of privilege
Paint us as criminals if we rebel
You say I’m the devil
So I’ll just dismantle
What others may tell us to be
These tropes are just lies
They fill me with spite
But I’ll turn it to drive
I’ve committed a crime because
That Just Ain’t My life
Not out at the football games
No Pep Rally Bonfire flames
No cheerleaders calling me names
Yeah, that ain't my life
Not who I should be
Lost in the movie screen
But all I see Homecoming queens
Yeah, That Ain’t My Life

They Tried
To tell us who to be
Turn us all
To mindless barbies
Craving
A 'picture-perfect' love
But that
Just don’t apply to us
Work hard
To keep the image up
Welcome
To the club
Who says
It’s gotta be this way
Why listen
To what it dictates
I’m no girl next door
I’m no prom night score
I’m no plot device
That Just Ain’t my life
Not out at the football games
No Pep Rally Bonfire flames
No cheerleaders calling me names
Yeah, that ain't my life
Not who I should be
Lost in the movie screen
But all I see Homecoming queens
Yeah, That Ain’t My Life
Led us to believe
What we saw on our screens
"Pink and Pretty"
Don’t represent me
Kissing in the rain
Never seemed to play out the same
John Hughes fantasy
That just ain’t for me
I’m no girl next door
I’m no prom night score
I’m no plot device
That Just Ain’t my life
Not out at the football games
No Pep Rally Bonfire flames
No cheerleaders calling me names
Yeah, that ain't my life
Not who I should be
Lost in the movie screen
But all I see Homecoming Queens
Yeah, That Ain’t My Life
They feed us these images
Displays of privilege
Paint us as criminals if we rebel
You say I’m the devil
So I’ll just dismantle
What others may tell us to be
These tropes are just lies
They fill me with spite
But I’ll turn it to drive
I’ve committed a crime because
That Just Ain’t My life
Not out at the football games
No Pep Rally Bonfire flames
No cheerleaders calling me names
Yeah, that ain't my life
Not who I should be
Lost in the movie screen
But all I see Homecoming queens
Yeah, That Ain’t My Life