POSKOTA.CO.ID – Lagu “Uptown Girl” yang dipopulerkan oleh Westlife merupakan adaptasi dari karya legendaris Billy Joel. Meski bernuansa ringan dan ceria, liriknya menyimpan kisah cinta yang menyentuh: seorang pria sederhana jatuh hati pada gadis dari kalangan atas.
Perbedaan latar belakang menjadi bumbu utama dalam lagu ini, menciptakan narasi yang relatable dan penuh harapan.
“Uptown Girl” menggambarkan seorang wanita yang hidup di dunia serba mewah dan teratur—“white bread world”—namun mulai jenuh dengan kehidupan kelas atas.
Ia mencari sosok pria yang lebih membumi, seseorang yang bisa memberinya cinta yang tulus, bukan sekadar hadiah mahal.
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LIRIK LENGKAP
Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind
She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice
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Ooh
Ooh
Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win
And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine
She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because I'm in love with an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
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Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
Don't you know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
Don't you know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
She's my uptown girl