Intro C
Verse 1:
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By all accounts, she almost drowned
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When she was six in frigid water
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And I can confirm she made
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A curious child, ever reviled
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By everyone except her own father
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With a quite bewitching face
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Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless
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Excellent fun 'til you get to know her
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Then she runs like it's a race
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Behind her back, her best mates laughed
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And they nicknamed her 'The Bolter'
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Started with a kiss
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'Oh, we must stop meeting like this'
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But it always ends up with a town car speeding
Out the drive one evening
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Ended with the slam of a door
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Then he'll call her a whore
Wish he wouldn't be sore
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But as she was leaving
It felt like breathing
G Am
All her fuckin' lives
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Flashed before her eyes
G Am
It feels like the time
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She fell through the ice
C
Then came out alive
Verse 2:
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He was a cad, wanted her bad
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Just like any good trophy hunter
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And she liked the way he tastes
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Taming a bear, making him care
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Watching him jump then pulling him under
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And at first blush, this is fate
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When it's all roses, portrait poses
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Central Park Lake in tiny rowboats
C
What a charming Saturday
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That's when she sees the littlest leaks
Down in the floorboards
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And she just knows
She must bolt
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Started with a kiss
G
'Oh, we must stop meeting like this'
F
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
G
Then he'll call her a whore
Wish he wouldn't be sore
F
But as she was leaving
It felt like breathing
G Am
All her fuckin' lives
F
Flashed before her eyes
G Am
It feels like the time
F
She fell through the ice
C
Then came out alive
Bridge:
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She's been many places with
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Men of many faces
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First, they're off to the races
And she's laughing drawin' aces
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But, none of it is changin'
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That the chariot is waitin'
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Hearts are hers for the breakin'
There's an escape in escaping
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Started with a kiss
G
'Oh, we must stop meeting like this'
F
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
Out the drive one evenin'
C
Ended with the slam of a door
G
But she's got the best stories
You can be sure
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That as she was leaving
It felt like freedom
G Am
All her fuckin' lives
F
Flashed before her eyes
G
And she realized
Am
It feels like the time
F
She fell through the ice
Then came out alive