Paper Dolls

Album: The Sea (2010)
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  • You have incredible eyes
    And all the boys would go wild for you
    But I was scared
    In case you made me do those dares
    Oh, would you
    Oh, would you believe me
    That I was your fool?

    'Cause I've been lying awake at night
    Wondering where you are now
    And if that mettle turned out right

    "All my life
    All my life", she said
    "It's not right
    Nobody told me I could do something
    Nobody told me I could be something
    I have tried
    I have tried", she said
    "It's alright, but
    Nobody told me I could do something
    Nobody told me I could be something"

    You wore indelible smiles
    You were divorced from inside, they said
    But I was disturbed when I heard that it's not what you preferred
    It gets to the point they expect it
    And who are you to disappoint them anyway?

    Time will get you in the end
    Just when you shook off that regret
    Around the corner comes that memory, in a fur coat, to talk about it

    "All my life
    All my life", she said
    "It's not right
    Nobody told me I could do something
    Nobody told me I could be something
    I have tried
    I have tried", she said
    "It's alright, but
    Nobody told me I could do something
    Nobody told me I could be something"

    Many words that have been spoken cut me out like paper dolls
    Made me into something different
    Something I could not dissolve
    It's over
    Over
    Don't let their words control you

    "All my life
    All my life", she said
    "It's not right
    Nobody told me I could do something
    Nobody told me I could be something
    I have tried
    I have tried", she said
    "It's alright, but
    Nobody told me I could do something
    Nobody told me I could be something"
    "1051 Writer/s: Corinne Bailey Rae
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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