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Die Young, Stay Pretty Lyrics
Die young stay pretty
Deteriorate in your own time
Tell 'em you're dead and wither away
Are ya living alone or with your family?
a dried up twig on your family tree?
Are ya waiting for the reaper to arrive?
Or just to die by the hand of love?
Love for youth love for youth
So die young and stay pretty
Leave only the best behind
Slipping sensibilities
Tragedy in your own dream
Oh ya sit all alone in your rocking chair
Transistor pressed against an ear
Were ya waiting at the bus stop all your life?
Or just to die by the hand of love?
Love for youth love for youth
So live fast 'cause it won't last
Dearly near senility
Was it good or maybe you won't tell?
Deteriorate in your own time
Tell 'em you're dead and wither away
Are ya living alone or with your family?
a dried up twig on your family tree?
Are ya waiting for the reaper to arrive?
Or just to die by the hand of love?
Love for youth love for youth
So die young and stay pretty
Leave only the best behind
Slipping sensibilities
Tragedy in your own dream
Oh ya sit all alone in your rocking chair
Transistor pressed against an ear
Were ya waiting at the bus stop all your life?
Or just to die by the hand of love?
Love for youth love for youth
So live fast 'cause it won't last
Dearly near senility
Was it good or maybe you won't tell?
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morbidly wonderous
ha ha - they didn't though did they - back with 'maria' debbie harry pushing 60! asuming a facelift has been applied on her once beautifull face....
In the 70s a 14 year old girl commit suicide to this song and there was a big court case but the band were eventually cleared
Live fast cause it won't last
waiting for the hand of love to bring la petite mort
debbie harry is a goddess.
to me this song will always be connected to gia carangi (not the angelina jolie version, mind). i read an interview of her when i was about 10, and they described her as sitting sprawled on her sofa, chugging booze and listening to 'die young stay pretty'. she was the first supermodel, a notorious bisexual drug addict, and died at 26. so really, this became an unwilling biography for her - it was pretty old before gia ever started modeling.
I think this song is about anyone who feels there is no life after 30... It could also be for people who feel there is no future for them.
Great song. Debbie harry did a great job but the video was very weird.