Once in a while
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You ask for a smile
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And what am I going to say?
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My tears are real
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I like how they feel
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I like how they carry me away
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Baby I'm warning you
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I'm happiest when I'm blue
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Now I'm bleeding like watercolors
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Keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens
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Keep on running like watercolors
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Lead me back to the sea
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I'm just a fool
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I talk out of school
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I do things I should not do
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But I'm not ashamed
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It's the way that I'm made
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I'm sorry but I'll never change for you
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At least I can tell the truth
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That I'm happiest when I'm blue
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Now I'm bleeding like watercolors
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Keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens
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Keep on running like watercolors
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Lead me back to the sea
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Nightshade and Opaline
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Blackbirds and faded dreams
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And I'm falling, falling down
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I keep falling, falling down
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Baby I'm warning you
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I'm happiest when I'm blue
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When I'm blue
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Now I'm bleeding like watercolors
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Keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens
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Keep on running like watercolors
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Wide and open and blue like the sea
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Always running like watercolors
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Ocean colors that bleed for me
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Keep on running like watercolors
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And lead me back to the sea
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Just lead me back to the sea
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Watercolors
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Nina Gordon |