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No one has contacted us yet to use this in a commercial for hair color products, but we haven't given up hope. This is for all you caterpillars our there - someday butterflies! Or, at least, moths.

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BEAUTIFUL (Mike Borok/Barbara Borok)

I was mousy - I was shy
I was invisible to guys
No one asked me to dance
No one gave me a second glance
I was just a lost and lonely soul
How could life be so unfair?

I was awkward - I was plain
I faced a lifetime of pain
Had no good points - not one
Life was over - so young
The mirror kept me company
But it was not my friend

But the day I dyed my hair
That's when everything changed
The day I dyed my hair
I was beautiful

I was born again overnight
I was popular - all right!
I was confident - no fears
And respected by my peers
They used to be so mean to me
But that’s all history

‘Cause the day I dyed my hair
That's when everything changed
The day I dyed my hair
I was beautiful

It's like a fairy-tale come true
Now I have hair that I can live up to

Like a flower, I bloomed
I came out of my cocoon
Now I don’t have to hide
What was always inside
‘Cause all my new friends used to be
Insecure and awkward just like me

But the day we dyed our hair
That's when everything changed
The day we dyed our hair
We were beautiful

credits

from What's That Thing? (album), released October 17, 2017
Barbara - lead and backing vocals
Mike - backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, guitar solo, bass, mandolin, keyboards, tambourine
Cliff Hackford - drums

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New Middle Class New York

New Middle Class is Barbara Borok (lead vocal) and Mike Borok (guitar/vocal). Their many songwriter awards include Grand Prize in the 2003 MTL Songwriting Contest at the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and, most recently, finalist in the 2019 S. Florida FolkFest Songwriting Contest. They sing about relationships and current events gone awry, the origin of the universe, and desserts. ... more

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