About a lonely young woman with a dreary existence who wants to escape through fame, romance and glamour. They lyrics read particularly well in our current celebrity-obsessed era. The line about her waiting for her prince in his white Capri (a cheap sports car popular with young men in Britain in the 1970s and 80s) is particularly poignant - despite her longing for glamour, she may have had a very provincial upbringing and doesn't really know what it is, which is why she is trying to learn about it through glossy magazines.
About a lonely young woman with a dreary existence who wants to escape through fame, romance and glamour. They lyrics read particularly well in our current celebrity-obsessed era. The line about her waiting for her prince in his white Capri (a cheap sports car popular with young men in Britain in the 1970s and 80s) is particularly poignant - despite her longing for glamour, she may have had a very provincial upbringing and doesn't really know what it is, which is why she is trying to learn about it through glossy magazines.