Venus Envy - Gino Vannelli

Don’t want no marble statue smooth and cold as ice

Not some man-made goddess custom cut and spliced

Don’t need no great big set of charms to tempt my heart (oh no)

Prefer the feel of something real over plastic art

Well Aphrodite’s got grace but she ain’t the face I know and I love

'Cause I got blood in these veins while she’s some spooky dame

Lost in the heavens above

Why do you wanna be Venus?

When your light shines brighter than the brightest star

Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are?

Why do you wanna be Venus?

When you’re so much more than she could ever be

Yeah I feel like I’m losing you

Come back to me

Don’t want no hand-made inlaid porcelain china doll (oh no)

Not some babe who comes unstitched before every mirror on the wall

Yeah DiMilo’s some piece but no thanks please

Not my cup of tea (oh no)

'Cause I want flesh and bone and not some block of stone

Lying in bed next to me

Why do you wanna be Venus?

When your light shines brighter than the brightest star

Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are?

Why do you wanna be Venus?

When you’re so much more than she could ever be

Yeah I feel like I’m losing you

Blame it on those dippy dreams of beauty queens

Who kowtow to the pressure

Prescribing to the point of view that bigger is better

Yeah those tattooed lips those vacuumed hips this whole insanity

Remember what you do you do for you and not for me

Why do you wanna be Venus?

When your light shines brighter than the brightest star

Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are?

Why do you wanna be Venus?

When you’re so much more than she could ever be

Yeah I feel like I’m losing you

Come back to me (come back to me)

Baby please come back to me

Come back, yeah

(Don't want no marble statue smooth and cold as ice)

Baby please come back to me

(Don't want no marble statue smooth and cold as ice)