Alyssa Greene

You know what my mother is like

She's a complete and total control freak

The hair has to be perfect

The As have to be straight

You have to join the debate club

On that there's no debate

You'll have Bible camp each summer to keep you pure and clean

Endless rules apply when you're Alyssa Greene

Trophies have to be first place

Ribbons have to be blue

There's always some competition

Or hoops for jumping through

Your mom's made sacrifices so win Homecoming Queen

'Cause it's do or die when you're Alyssa Greene

And you wish there was a world where you were simply free to live

And when people criticized you you had no more shits to give

And in this other lifetime when you tell yourself, "Be brave"

You won't cave

That's the one thing I truly crave

But your feelings have to be phony

Your weight has to be tracked

If you don't like shaking pom poms

You'd better learn to act

Just have everything perfected

By the time you reach eighteen

Don't ask how or why when you're Alyssa Greene

Improve all of your strong points

And hide the things that you lack

'Cause mom's convinced if you're perfect

Your father might come back

You're not yourself

You're not what she wants

You're someone in between

Your whole life's a lie when you're Alyssa Greene

You're not yourself

You're not what she wants

You're someone in between