New Cover: "Material Girl" (Patreon)

It's been some twenty years or so since I heard Barenaked Ladies cover this song on a bootleg recording. Steven Page didn't even bother to sound like anything but himself, and I was awestruck. I've been wanting to record this ever since. It suddenly occurred to me that I could.

Some boys kiss meSome boys hug meI think they're okIf they don't give me proper creditI just walk away

They can beg and they can pleadBut they can't see the light (that's right)'Cause the boy with the cold hard cashIs always Mister Right

'Cause we are living in a material worldAnd I am a material girlYou know that we are living in a material worldAnd I am a material girl

Some boys romanceSome boys slow danceThat's all right with meIf they can't raise my interest then IHave to let them be

Some boys try and some boys lie butI don't let them play (no way)Only boys who save their penniesMake my rainy day

'Cause we're living in a material worldAnd I am a material girlYou know that we are living in a material worldAnd I am a material girlLiving in a material worldAnd I am a material girlYou know that we are living in a material worldAnd I am a material girl

Living in a material world (material)Living in a material worldLiving in a material world (material)Living in a material world

Boys may come and boys may goAnd that's all right you seeExperience has made me richAnd now they're after me

'Cause everybody's living in a material worldAnd I am a material girlYou know that we are living in a material worldAnd I am a material girlLiving in a material worldAnd I am a material girlYou know that we are living in a material worldAnd I am a material girl

A material, a material, a material, a material world

Living in a material world (material)Living in a material worldLiving in a material world (material)Living in a material world

Living in a material world (material)Living in a material worldLiving in a material world (material)Living in a material

Songwriters: Peter Brown /  Robert Rans