(Dolly Parton)
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She stands before the mirror
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Smiles at her reflection
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Striking sexy poses in the glass
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She paints her lips a brilliant red
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Piles her hair high on her head
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Struggles to replace a false eyelash
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She powders up her face
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Paints her cheeks to match her lips
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She wears a dress cut low in the front
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Fittin' tight around her hips
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And there inside her room
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She stands and gazes at herself
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Where beauty lives in memory
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She lives in fairy tales
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
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Who's the fairest of them all
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She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor
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She keeps a candle burning
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And she waits for his returning
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When beauty lives in memory
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It lives forevermore
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She was a fairy princess once
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And was by all adored
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They say she was the fairest of them all
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They called her Cinderella
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And they say that every fella
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Would gladly answer to her beck and call
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So the story went
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They tell of how this handsome prince
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Stole her heart and wandered far away
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He took her heart and took her mind
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Now she has lost all track of time
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Forty years has passed and still she waits singing
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
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Who's the fairest of them all
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She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor
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She keeps a candle burning
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And she waits for his returning
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When beauty lives in memory
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It lives forevermore
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Meanwhile back inside her room
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The shads are pulled it's half past noon
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But in her mind why it's forty years ago
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She recalls the beauty of their love
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She remembers he was beautiful
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And of course she always knew she was
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And so the past unfolds
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And all at once inside her mind
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She sees him at the door
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And as he's leading her away
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She feels the room begin to sway
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Where beauty lives in memory
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She falls dead upon the floor
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
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Who's the fairest of them all
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She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor
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She keeps a candle burning
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And she waits for his returning
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When beauty lives in memory
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It lives forevermore
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Where Beauty Lives In Memory
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Dolly Parton |