Alyssa Greene

[00:00.59] You know what my mother's like. She's a complete and total control freak

[00:04.85] The hair has to be perfect

[00:07.09] The A's have to be straight

[00:09.59] You have to join the debate club

[00:11.85] On that there's no debate

[00:13.84] You'll have Bible camp each summer to keep you pure and clean

[00:18.59] Endless rules apply when you're Alyssa Greene

[00:24.09] Trophies have to be first place

[00:26.34] Ribbons have to be blue

[00:28.59] There's always some compеtition

[00:30.60] Or hoops for jumping through

[00:33.09] Your mom's made sacrifices so win Homecoming Queen

[00:37.59] 'Causе it's do or die when you're Alyssa Greene

[00:44.84] And you wish there was a world where you were simply free to live

[00:49.59] And when people criticized you, you had no more sh*ts to give

[00:54.35] And in this other lifetime when you tell yourself "be brave"

[00:58.84] You won't cave

[01:00.59] That's the one thing I truly crave

[01:08.10] But your feelings have to be phony

[01:10.84] Your weight has to be tracked

[01:13.09] If you don't like shaking pom-poms

[01:15.34] You'd better learn to act

[01:17.59] Just have everything perfected

[01:19.84] By the time you reach eighteen

[01:22.10] Don't ask how or why when you're Alyssa Greene

[01:30.34] Improve all of your strong points

[01:32.84] And hide things that you lack

[01:35.59] 'Cause mom's convinced if you're perfect

[01:38.36] Your father might come back

[01:43.59] You're not yourself

[01:44.84] You're not what she wants

[01:46.34] You're someone in between

[01:48.59] Your whole life's a lie when you're Alyssa Greene

[01:58.09] You're not yourself

[01:59.84] You're not what she wants

[02:01.34] You're someone in between