"I'm trouble" she said
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Spread out on the floor of her father's house
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Her promise was almost undone
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Under her tongue, dissolving her responsibilities
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To finally deny everyone with every unflattering comparison
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[Chorus:]
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All grown up
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And you don't care anymore
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And you hate all the people that you used to adore
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And you despise all the rumors and lies of the life you led before
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Did I hear you right?
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You're feeling hounded and pushed around
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You want to just lay down and die
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If all of this life has been such a big disappointment to you
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Why don't you stop blaming some guy
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And go give the next one a try
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[Chorus]
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But look at yourself
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You'll see you're still so young
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You haven't earned the weariness
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That sounds so jaded on your tongue
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"I'm weak" she says
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And blesses herself and gets into bed
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Clutching the covers to her throat
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"So punish me now and let me go back to the sham of my life"
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"This night is the perfect antidote for all of the poison that
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you wrote"
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[Chorus]
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All Grown Up
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Elvis Costello |