Devon - Selfish Girl lyrics

rate me

I am what I hate

Now I hate who I am

I torture animals

So I can have shiny, bouncy hair

Blinding rats and rabbits

So my mascara is safe to wear

I pay children seven cents an hour

To make my designer jeans

Nine years old, sixteen hours

Behind those sewing machines

And it doesn't seem to bother me

I am only concerned with my personal needs

And it doesn't occur to me

That everything I do

Affects something, someone, somewhere out there

In the world

I'm a selfish girl

I throw away more food in a day

Than most people eat in a week

I allow myself the luxury of starving

Because thin is in, and I have the choice

I stand by allowing crime to happen

Cause I don't want to strain my voice

I don't want to get involved

Because, hey, it's not my problem to solve

And it doesn't seem to bother me

I am only concerned with my personal needs

And it doesn't occur to me

That everything I do

Affects something, someone, somewhere out there

In the world

I'm a selfish girl

There are so many things wrong in the world

It's hard to not be part of the problem

But I have to be responsible

I have to bear the blame

Because everywhere I turn

I am causing someone else's pain

I don't want to cause anybody else's pain

And it definitely bothers me

That I've only been concerned with my personal needs

And it finally occurred to me

That everything I do

Affects something, someone, somewhere out there

In the world

I don't want to be a selfish girl

I just take, take, take, take, take, take

From this world

I don't want to be a selfish girl

I don't want to be a selfish girl