Absolutely (Story of a Girl)

Album: The Madding Crowd (2000)
Charted: 6
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  • This is the story of a girl
    Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
    And while she looked so sad in photographs
    I absolutely love her, when she smiles

    How many days in a year
    She woke up with hope, but she only found tears?
    And I can be so insincere
    Making her promises never for real
    As long as she stands there waitin'
    Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes
    How many days disappear
    When you look in the mirror so how do you choose?

    Your clothes never wear as well the next day
    And your hair never falls in quite the same way
    You never seem to run out of things to say

    This is the story of a girl
    Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
    And while she looked so sad in photographs
    I absolutely love her, when she smiles

    Yeah, how many lovers would stay?
    Just to put up with this shit day after day
    How do we wind up this way?
    Watchin' the mouths for the words that we say
    As long as we stand here waitin'
    Wearing the clothes of the souls that we choose
    How do we get there today
    When we walkin' to far for the price of the shoes

    Your clothes never wear as well the next day
    And your hair never falls in quite the same way
    But you never seem to run out of things to say

    This is the story of a girl
    Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
    And while she looked so sad and lonely there
    I absolutely love her, when she smiles

    Well, your clothes never wear as well the next day
    And your hair never falls in quite the same way
    You never seem to run out of things to say

    This is the story of a girl
    Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
    And while she looks so sad in photographs
    I absolutely love her

    This is the story of a girl
    A pretty face she hid from the world
    And while she looked so sad and lonely there
    I absolutely love her

    This is the story of a girl
    Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
    And while she looked so sad in photographs
    I absolutely love her when she smiles

    When she smiles Writer/s: John Charles Hampson
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Chelsea from Pa, AzLove this song, so catchy!!
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