It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be

Album: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
Charted: 36
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  • There's a lot of ground to cover
    One foot and then the other
    On my way, my way to somewhere new
    A few false starts, can you forgive this
    Cautious heart and just bear with it
    While it does what I thought it couldn't do

    I could go back to the old place
    And write your name on every blank page
    But it's a story now, just a story now
    That's the kind of thing that you'd say
    That there's no need to look behind me
    That I can keep you here beside me
    To make a mess of it, then make the best of it
    It isn't perfect, but it might be

    Mm-mm-mm

    You dip your toe and then you paddle
    All before you swim the channel
    Thought I'd never make it, but I might

    I could go back to the old place
    And write your name on every blank page
    But it's a story now, just a story now
    That's the kind of thing that you'd say
    That there's no need to look behind me
    That I can keep you here beside me
    To make a mess of it, then make the best of it
    It isn't perfect, but it might be Writer/s: Matthew Nicholas Hales, Olivia Lauryn Dean
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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