Lily Allen, "Cheryl Tweedy" from the Smile E.P. (T.L.A.M.)
Commentary: A song of the perils of comparing oneself not to a celebrity, but to the idealized image of a celebrity. Foremost amongst those perils, using the inability to meet an impossible standard—perfection—as a justification for discouragement & indolence.
"I wish my live 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…"
Cheryl Cole (née Tweedy):
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