Material Girl

Emmy Swift
1/7/09
Modern World History


Material Girl lyrics

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me
I think they're O.K.
If they don't give me proper credit
I just walk away

They can beg and they can plead
But they can't see the light, that's right
'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash
Is always Mister Right, 'cause we are

[Chorus:]

****Living in a material world
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl******

Some boys romance, some boys slow dance
That's all right with me
If they can't raise my interest then I
Have to let them be

Some boys try and some boys lie but
I don't let them play
Only boys who save their pennies
Make my rainy day, 'cause they are

[chorus]

*******Living in a material world (material)
Living in a material world
[repeat]******

Boys may come and boys may go
And that's all right you see
Experience has made me rich
And now they're after me, 'cause everybody's

[chorus]

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

Living in a material world (material)
Living in a material world
[repeat and fade]********

Rousseau: compared to man during the stone age, modern man is unhappy, insecure, and greedy

I feel as though this song, material girl, represents the venir that some people may but up today in order to cover up their insecure and vaunerable selves beneath. The chorus, hich states, " Living in a material world
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl," explains how not only we as people, but our whole world has become a superficial mass of greedy people trying to climb to the top. This is supported by the constant repition of being in a material world and having men fawn over the artist (Madonna).


Emily Swift