Cookie Cutter

by Alanna Sterling

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This song's about being boldly queer and colourful in a dull world where everyone looks the same. Never apologize for being you! Let your true colours shine through, cuz people come in all shapes and sizes!
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lyrics

Cookie Cutter Lyrics

1, 2, 3 4!
Rockin the same clothes
Yeah, you already know
Same hairdos
Same shoes, too
Yeah, just what you’re used to
You all look like clones
Made of silicone
You copy and pasted
Your faces

Well I beg to differ
I’m never gonna be one of those…

Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, pieces of people
Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, I don’t wanna be another

4, 12, 83!
And on my head I wear a lampshade
Play ukulele in a park in the shade
Rockin’ my second hand shoes,
I think I’ve got it made
Like a hot day
And a cool breeze
And fresh lemonade

Cuz I beg to differ
I’m never gonna be one of those…

Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, pieces of people
Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, I don’t wanna be another
Another biodegradable bags of bodies
Sitting under the sun
Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, I don’t wanna be another
Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, I don’t wanna be another
Another, another one…

And out of all the shapes you coulda made
Why do you behave the way you do?
I don’t wanna make any more mistakes
But what can I say? I like to break the rules!
Why do you conform
To all the social norms
Every day you perform
The way they like you
If you look inside
Maybe then you’ll find
What you left behind
What makes you, You!

Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, pieces of people
Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, I don’t wanna be another
Another biodegradable bags of bodies
Sitting under the sun
Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, I don’t wanna be another
Cookie cutter, cookie cutter, I don’t wanna be another one

credits

released September 25, 2019
Alanna Sterling: music&lyrics, vocals, guitar, trumpet
Kira Montfort: Drums, percussion
Massil Ait-Ouali: Guitar, trumpet
Rob Huntley: Bass, trombone
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Alanna Sterling Ottawa, Ontario

Alanna Sterling is a gender-fluid, genre-fluid vocal shapeshifter and multi-instrumental sorcerer. As an advocate for mental illness, their ultimate passion is to create musical movements out of moments of struggle, in hopes to work through life’s adversities and inspire others to overcome their own battles. ... more

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