Neil Innes — Raggy Dolls (full studio version).

I don’t think I ever realized as a child what a lowkey freak pride anti-normie anthem this is.

Raggy Dolls was a pretty boring show, but the general premise was actually quite rad — a bunch of “malformed” dolls living in the rejection bin of a toy factory, banding together and going through life with their freak flag held high, sneaking out for adventures and having the audacity to exist in-spite of normie societies disapproval, not entirely unlike being a young anti assimilationist queer anarcho.

Lyrics:

It's not much of a life when you're just a pretty face
Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace
Don't be scared if you don't fit in
Look who's in the reject bin

It's the Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

So if you got a bump on your nose
Or a lump on your toes, do not despair
Be like the Raggy Dolls
And say "I just don't care"
Cause Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Are happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

Cause it's not much of a life when you're just a pretty face
Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace
Look around and you will find
People of every kind

It's the Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

So if you’re not at ease with your knobbly knees
And your fingers are all thumbs
Stand on your two left feet
And join our raggy doll chums
Cause Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Are happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=TsBRMhaKPps&listen=false

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