(Anita Baker, Vernon Fails & Michael Powell)
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Mmmm-Hmmm
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I can remember stories, those things my mother said
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She told me fairy tales, before I went to bed
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She spoke of happy endings, then tucked me in real tight
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She turned my night light on, and kissed my face good night
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My mind would fill with visions, of perfect paradise
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She told me everything, she said he'd be so nice
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He'd ride up on his horse and, take me away one night
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I'd be so happy with him, we'd ride clean out of sight
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She never said that we would, curse, cry and scream and lie
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She never said that maybe, someday he'd say goodbye
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The story ends, as stories do
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Reality steps into view
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No longer living life in paradise-or fairy tales-uh
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No, uh-huh-mmm-mmm
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She spoke about happy endings, of stories not like this
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She said he'd slay all dragons, defeat the evil prince
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She said he'd come to save me, swim through the stormy seas
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I'd understand the story, it would be good for me
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You never came to save me, you let me stand alone
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Out in the wilderness, alone in the cold
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My story ends, as stories do
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Reality steps into view
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No longer living life in paradise-or fairy tales-yes
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I don't look for pie up in the sky, baby
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Need reality, now, said I
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Don't feel the need to be pacified,
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Don't cha try
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Honey, I know you lied
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You never came to save me, you let me stand alone
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Out in the wilderness, alone in the cold
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I found no magic potion, no horse with wings to fly
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I found the poison apply, my destiny to die
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No royal kiss could save me, no magic spell to spin
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My fantasy is over, my life must now begin
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My story ends, as stories do
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Reality steps into view
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No longer living life in paradise-or fairy tales-
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Eh, hey, hey-ee-mmm, mmm
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(laugh-laugh-laugh) Lord have mercy
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(laugh) ooo
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Mmm, mmm (laugh) ooo-mmm-oh Lord
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Fairy Tales
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Anita Baker |