| This is the story of a girl
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| Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
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| And while she looks so sad in photographs
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| I absolutely love her
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| When she smiles
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| How many days in a year
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| She woke up with hope but she only found tears
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| I can be so insincere,
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| Making the promises never for real
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| As long as she stands there waiting
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| Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes
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| How many days disappear?
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| When you look in the mirror so how do you choose?
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| Your clothes never wear as well the next day
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| Your hair never falls in quite the same way
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| You never seem to run out of things to say
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| This is the story of a girl
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| Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
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| And while she looks so sad in photographs
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| I absolutely love her
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| When she smiles
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| How many lovers would stay?
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| Just to put up with this day and all day?
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| How did we wind up this way?
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| Watching our mouths for the words that we say
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| As long as we stand here waiting
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| Wearing the clothes on the soles of our shoes
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| How do we get there today?
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| When we’re walking too far for the price of her shoes
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| Your clothes never wear as well the next day
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| Your hair never falls in quite the same way
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| But you never seem to run out of things to say
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| This is the story of a girl
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| Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
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| And while she looks so sad and lonely there
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| I absolutely love her
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| When she smiles
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| Well your clothes never wear as well the next day
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| And your hair never falls in quite the same way
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| And you never seem to run out of things to say
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| This is the story of a girl
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| Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
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| And while she looks so sad in photographs
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| I absolutely love her
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| This is the story of a girl
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| Her pretty face she hid from the world
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| And while she looks so sad and lonely there
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| I absolutely love her
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| This is the story of a girl
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| Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
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| And while she looks so sad in photographs
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| I absolutely love her
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| When she smiles
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| When she smiles! |