I just wanna be loved Don't tell me "I told you, I told you" That solitude is not enough My mom's got a friend And sometimes she tells me, she tells me About her life, she calls my bluff She says she was raised by burlesque dancers Monsters with moustaches, darling I tell her that's the dream One man's trash is another one's fantasy But it don't come that easily Everything is vanity I don't know how to tell you what it does to me And all I see is emerald green While I'm wading through this shallow sea Oh now my vision is skewed I don't need another reminder "The spotlight, it's just not for you" But passion persists So bitch and moan 'bout your college degree, oh! But I just don't have time for it I wish I was raised by burlesque dancers Monsters with moustaches, darling Don't you know that's the dream? One man's trash is another one's fantasy But it don't come that easily Everything is vanity I don't know how to tell you what it does to me And all I see is emerald green While I'm wading through this shallow sea Drag me by the hand and set me free Safety never was a guarantee Ready? On the count of three All that's left of me will be debris I'm quaking in my thigh high boots The things that I would do for you And vanity is all I see But to share myself is all I need Make you feel the way I do Don't you know I'd sell my soul for you? I'm quaking in my thigh high boots Aaah, aaah, aaah Everything is vanity I don't know how to tell you what it does to me And all I see is emerald green While I'm wading through this shallow sea Drag me by the hand and set me free Safety never was a guarantee Ready? On the count of three All that's left of me will be debris Cause everything is vanity Vanity