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Artist: Deniece Williams
Canonical path: /deniece-williams/the-paper
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Paper
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The Paper
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This time it's over
This time there'll be no coming back
All the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me
We now divide the things
We once share as a team
All the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me
You say you can't understand
Why I must leave
You say you can't understand
Why I'm displeased
You say that I should know
You did the best you could
You say you knew someday
That leave I would
Leave I would
Ba-di-ow, ba-di-ow, ba-di-ow
It seems so very strange
That we shall never love again
'Cause all the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me
We now go our separate ways
And loneliness's the price to pay
'Cause all the paper needs
Is a signature from you and me
You say you can't understand
Why I must leave
You say you can't understand
Why I'm displeased
You say that I should know
You did the best you could
You say you knew someday
That leave I would
Leave I would
I said I'm leaving
Ba-di-ow, ba-di-ow, ba-di-ow
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Deniece Williams performs "The Paper", and this lyric page sits inside the Deniece Williams catalog on LyroVerse.
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