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Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1965 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, a duality reminiscent of such 1970s American songwriters as Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin, and Randy Newman. Autobiographical elements, including Sobule's Jewish heritage and her adolescent battles with anorexia and depression, frequently occur in Sobule's writing. An appreciable percentage of her work is also dedicated to detailed accounts of both her own fictional female creations and such troubled but celebrated wo… more »


Year:
1990
2:00
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What a bright girl, what a beautiful girl
She's gonna be somebody someday
We'll take her to the best schools
She will be a prodigy
Nothing's gonna stand in her way

She'll be what they raised her to be
Never had the opportunity
To fulfill their broken dreams

The gifted child
The gifted child

What a good girl, an exceptional girl
She'll make some man real happy someday
She's gonna be her father's pride, the perfect bride
She won't make her mother's mistake

She'll be what they raised her to be
It's a big responsibility
To fulfill their broken dreams
They'll live through her

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