She

So this is my life now.

Well, that's what she tells me,

The girl with the big eyes

All smiling and friendly

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And I try to remember

The days I was cool

And I wasn't just acting

Or playing her fool

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But she laughs when I ask her

That one simple question

And she's bringing up facts

That I'd rather not mention

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And I know at this stage

I should really know better

But she might be it all

If I'd only just let her

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And as much as I'd like

To be more than a name,

As the days shuffle past

It's just more of the same.

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She has words full of riddles

And eyes wide as dreams

But she's ever elusive

Despite my best schemes.

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I think that the truth is

She just sees right through me,

And she's looking for better

Than the best that is in me

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And though she's over my head

She is under my skin,

And I fear that this battle

Is one I can't win.

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But oh, how she laughs,

like she's still learning how,

And oh, how I smile,

As I think of her now.

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For she is a flame

That refuses to die,

She is my reason,

My reason why.