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| − | | Name = You're So Vain
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| − | | Cover = BornVillain.jpg
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| − | | Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
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| − | | Album = [[Born Villain]]
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| − | | Genre = Heavy metal, alternative metal, hard rock
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| − | | Length = 4:02
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| − | | Label = [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[Hell, etc.]]
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| − | | Writer = Carly Simon
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| − | | Producer = Bruce Witkin, [[Johnny Depp]], [[Marilyn Manson]]
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| − | '''"You're So Vain"''' is a song from Marilyn Manson's eighth studio album ''[[Born Villain]]''. The song is a cover and was originally written and performed by Carly Simon in 1972. Rare for a Marilyn Manson album inclusion, the instrumentation in "You're So Vain" was recorded largely by musicians outside the band. Both former members of The Kids, Bruce Witkin performed bass and keyboard while actor [[Johnny Depp]]<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/johnny-depp-marilyn-manson-youre-so-vain-song_n_1365774.html?ref=entertainment Johnny Depp, Marilyn Manson Team Up for "You're So Vain" Cover]</ref> played guitar and drums for the cover. [[Jason Sutter]], live drummer for Marilyn Manson's [[Hey, Cruel World... Tour]], recorded additional drumming for the song, while [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] himself contributed guitar and keyboards.
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| − | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
| − | You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
| + | You walked into the party |
| − | Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
| + | Like you were walking onto a yacht |
| − | Your scarf it was apricot
| + | Your hat strategically dipped below one eye |
| − | You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
| + | Your scarf it was apricot |
| − | And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
| + | You had one eye in the mirror |
| − | They'd be your partner and...
| + | As you watched yourself gavotte |
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| + | And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner |
| − | You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
| + | They'd be your partner, and |
| − | You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
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| − | Don't you? Don't you?
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| − | You had me several years ago when I was still naive
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| − | You said that we made such a pretty pair
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| − | And that you would never leave
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| − | But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
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| − | I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
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| − | Clouds in my coffee and...
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| − | You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
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| − | You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
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| − | Don't you? Don't you?
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| − | I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
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| − | Clouds in my coffee and you're so vain
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| − | Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
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| − | Then you flew your lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
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| − | Well you're where you should be all the time
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| − | And when you're not you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
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| − | Wife of a close friend and...
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| − | You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
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| − | You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
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| − | Don't you? Don't you?
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| − | You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
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| − | You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
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| − | Don't you? Don't you?
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| − | == Trivia ==
| + | You're so vain |
| − | * [[Nine Inch Nails]]' [[Trent Reznor]] borrowed a portion of lyrics from this Carly Simon song for "Starfuckers Inc." [[Marilyn Manson]] later appeared in the music video for the song in 2000.
| + | You probably think this song is about you |
| | + | You're so vain |
| | + | I'll bet you think this song is about you |
| | + | Don't you? Don't you? |
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| − | == References ==
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| − | <references/>
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| − | [[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]]
| + | You had me several years ago |
| − | [[Category:Born Villain era]]
| + | When I was still quite naive |
| − | [[Category:Songs covered by Marilyn Manson]]
| + | Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair |
| − | [[Category:Marilyn Manson songs featuring guitar solos]]
| + | And that you would never leave |
| | + | But you gave away the things you loved |
| | + | And one of them was me |
| | + | I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee |
| | + | Clouds in my coffee, and |
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| | + | You're so vain |
| | + | You probably think this song is about you |
| | + | You're so vain |
| | + | I'll bet you think this song is about you |
| | + | Don't you? Don't you? |
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| | + | I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee |
| | + | Clouds in my coffee, and |
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| | + | You're so vain |
| | + | You probably think this song is about you |
| | + | You're so vain |
| | + | I'll bet you think this song is about you |
| | + | Don't you? Don't you? |
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| | + | |
| | + | Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga |
| | + | And your horse naturally won |
| | + | Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia |
| | + | To see the total eclipse of the sun |
| | + | Well, you're where you should be all the time |
| | + | And when you're not, you're with |
| | + | Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend |
| | + | Wife of a close friend, and |
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| | + | |
| | + | You're so vain |
| | + | You probably think this song is about you |
| | + | You're so vain |
| | + | I'll bet you think this song is about you |
| | + | Don't you? Don't you? |
