I think that I was 5
When I noticed that my thighs
Squeezed against the hem of my hand-me-downs
I must've been 13
When the mother of the mean girl
Whispered I should dress more my age
And I can't remember a time
Before this body of mine
All the skinny girls vs. me vs. the world
I know you can't help you're pretty with your sweatshirt on
But all the skinny girls with their space between their thighs
And they're swapping clothes at night as they get ready for the bars
And I could die,
It's all the skinny girls and I
I remember 16
Skipping lunch on amphetamines
60 milligrams for free from the family psych
A headache every night,
And boys blowing up my line
I learned around around that time that beauty is pain
And I stood in the mirror and wished
That next I could shrink all my ribs
All the skinny girls vs. me vs. the world
I know you can't help you're pretty with your sweatshirt on
But all the skinny girls with their space between their thighs
And they're swapping clothes at night as they get ready for the bars
And I could die,
It's all the skinny girls and I
Now that I'm 25,
I look back with kinder eyes
I didn't know what I had when I had it
Probably at 43,
I'll look back at current me
And not believe the insecurity I was still holding
The longer I spend in this world
I see no ones a skinny girl, not even the skinny girls
And we sing:
All the skinny girls vs. me vs. the world
I know you can't help you're pretty with your sweatshirt on
But all the skinny girls with their space between their thighs
And they're swapping clothes at night as they get ready for the bars
And I could die,
It's all the skinny girls and I