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Artist: Jane Wiedlin
Canonical path: /jane-wiedlin/paper-heart
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Paper Heart
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Paper Heart
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Those were the days we had high hopes
And promises long since broke
You were a friend of mine, oh-oh
In a more innocent time, oh-oh
Poetry ran like blood through our veins
We'd talk for hours then start up again
We were family, oh-oh
You meant so much to me, oh-oh
There are many of us
With hearts made of stone
(Hearts of stone)
You were never that strong
I wish I'd known
You got a paper heart and it's tearing
You got a paper heart and it's wearing out
Like yesterday's news
You'd be gone before long
Now I hear the news, secondhand
What's become of you? I can't understand
And it breaks my heart, oh-oh
That we drifted apart, oh-oh
You're not real anymore
You're papier-mâché
Whatever you were
Has long since blown away
Like a paper heart that's been tearing
You got a paper heart and it's wearing out
And you can't kick
You've been down too long
You got a paper heart that's been ripped up
Nothing left in you that ain't mixed up
And I can read it in your eyes
That you'll soon be gone
You're not real anymore
You're papier-mâché
Whatever you were
Has long since blown away
Like a paper heart that's been tearing
You got a paper heart and it's wearing out
And you can't kick
You've been down too long
You got a paper heart that's been ripped up
Nothing left in you that ain't mixed up
And I can read it in your eyes
That you'll soon be gone
You got a paper heart and it's tearing
You got a paper heart and it's wearing out
Like yesterday's news
You'd be gone before long
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