'Spoiled' Lorde/Royals

This is the Royals parody I did last night as part of a music review for The Daily Blog - posted here.  I went to the same primary, intermediate and high school as she did, so if it's a bit hating it's because I know what Devo is like.

Spoiled

Lyrics: T Selwyn/E Yelich-O'Connor/J Little

To be performed by Borde and the Royal Treatment

[Verse One]

I’ve never seen a black man in the flesh

Oh, I saw one once – serving at the movies

And it’s on account of my address

Devonport proud, postcode trendy

[Chorus]

But my cliché is like: black guys, bad dudes, junky shit in the bathroom

Gang-bangers, ill-mannered, trashing our taboo rule

We don’t care, we’re living where the house prices are obscene

But my cliché is like: Cristal, Maybach – how can they afford that?

Jet planes, islands – I haven’t seen them!

They aren’t here and we have it all and nothing to fear

-

And we’ll always be spoiled (spoiled)

It’s our European blood

That kind of luck is just for us

The kind you get being born a boss

I’m already your ruler (ruler)

Can you dig the hypocrisy?

Of a Devonport school girl, a rich girl, a white girl [see Alt]

Lecturing on sociology [see Alt]

[Alt last lines:

Of dissing American culture, culture, culture

And then getting a Grammy]

[Verse Two]

My friends all agree – I’m fucking awesome

After five years in development you’d hope so

And Universal owns us and we’re fine with this

We didn’t run from the money

[Chorus with Alt end lines]

Ohh ohh oh

And this is the little bit

Where Joel’s lyrics are quite shit

Ohh ohh oh

Life was great with an au pair

They’ve spent a fortune on my career

[Chorus - last half]