Paper Dolls

You have incredible eyes And all the boys would go wild for you But I was scared In case you made me do those dares Oh, would you Oh, would you believe me That I was your fool? 'Cause I've been lying awake at night Wondering where you are now And if that mettle turned out right "All my life All my life", she said "It's not right Nobody told me I could do something Nobody told me I could be something I have tried I have tried", she said "It's alright, but Nobody told me I could do something Nobody told me I could be something" You wore indelible smiles You were divorced from inside, they said But I was disturbed when I heard that it's not what you preferred It gets to the point they expect it And who are you to disappoint them anyway? Time will get you in the end Just when you shook off that regret Around the corner comes that memory, in a fur coat, to talk about it "All my life All my life", she said "It's not right Nobody told me I could do something Nobody told me I could be something I have tried I have tried", she said "It's alright, but Nobody told me I could do something Nobody told me I could be something" Many words that have been spoken cut me out like paper dolls Made me into something different Something I could not dissolve It's over Over Don't let their words control you "All my life All my life", she said "It's not right Nobody told me I could do something Nobody told me I could be something I have tried I have tried", she said "It's alright, but Nobody told me I could do something Nobody told me I could be something" "1051 --- Paper Dolls - Corinne Bailey Rae