I don't care!
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I don't care, what the gossip may say
I don't care, they can gammor* all day
If they dare, try to get in my way
They're aware, I don't care what they say
*[I have no idea what she means here, this word does not exist in any of the dictionaries online; this might be some forgotten slang or just a mispronunciation of the word clamour = complain loudly]
Either way, I will do as I please
Come what may*, if they're down on their knees
Who can say, if I'm doing it wrong
For today, I'm still here, I am strong
*[come what may = whatever happens]
I don't care what the people say
I will still carry on this way
Let them jeer, let them rant and rave
I'm still here if I misbehave
I don't care, what the trendies may do
I don't care, what they tell me is new
It's so square, monkey-see monkey-do
Let them stare, I'm enjoying the view
*[trendies = people who are trendy, do what is cool and fashionable
square = an old-fashioned way of saying that something or someone is boring
monkey see monkey do = an old fashioned way of saying that someone is copying, imitating others without thinking]
Through the years, I have paid them no mind*
Through the tears, I have left them behind
By the fears, do you think I look crazed
No my dears, not the slightest bit fazed
*[here Eartha mixes up to expressions: to pay attention to something and to mind something; she just wants to say she did not care, pay attention or mind what others were doing]
I don't care what the people say
I will still carry on this way
Let them jeer let them rant and rave
I'm still here if I misbehave
I don't care
Some are sad, they say my taste is extreme
Some get mad, because the Kitt gets the cream*
I have had, the eyes of all of the world
Not too bad, for a material girl
*[this is a reference to the idiom "like the cat who got the cream" = extremely happy; people are mad because Eartha seems to be happy all the time]
I don't care what the people say
I will still carry on this way
Let them jeer let them rant and rave
I'm still here if I misbehave
I don't care what the people say
I will still carry on this way
Let them jeer let them rant and rave
I'm still here if I misbehave
I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Some are sad, they say my taste is extreme
Some get mad, because the Kitt gets the cream
I have had, the eyes of all of the world*
Not too bad, for a material girl
*[this is a reference to the phrase "to have all eyes on sb/sth", she means she was in the centre of attention, people watched her carefully]
I don't care what the people say
I will still carry on this way
Let them jeer let them rant and rave
I'm still here if I misbehave
I don't care what the people say
I will still carry on this way
Let them jeer let them rant and rave
I'm still here if I misbehave
I don't care what the people say
I will still carry on this way
Let them jeer let them rant and rave
I'm still here if I misbehave
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