If someone asks you say you don't know a thing
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My life's a series with no end
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You find me too accommodating, yeah I know it
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I try to stay smiling, it masks the pain
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And I draw hearts on scratched-out lines
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I repaint my sorrows in the past
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Like when I was 20 nothing's changed
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I've written 'I love you's on walls
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Rowed against wind and tide
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Eyes dry, voice raspy
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If they ask you whether I'm okay
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Tell them I'm a mother
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A mother never complains
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If they ask you when I'm coming back
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Tell them I'm here a few train stops away
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If someone tells you I think I'm a star
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Tell them that before God I'm no better than you
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If someone asks you if I'm honest all the time
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Tell them that where I'm from we don't pretend
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I've seen hearts beat under armor
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Often lost girls, crooks who aren't that tough
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I've written 'I love you's on walls
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Rowed against wind and tide
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Eyes dry, voice raspy
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If they ask you whether I'm okay
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Tell them I'm a mother
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A mother never complains
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If they ask you when I'm coming back
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Tell them I'm here a few train stops away
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If they ask you whether I'm okay
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Tell them I'm a mother
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A mother never complains
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If they ask you when I'm coming back
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Tell them I'm here
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If they ask you whether I'm okay
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Tell them I'm a mother
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A mother never complains
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If they ask you when I'm coming back
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Tell them I'm here a few train stops away