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Artist: Lisa Loeb
Canonical path: /lisa-loeb/the-way-it-really-is
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The Way It Really Is
Read The Way It Really Is lyrics by Lisa Loeb on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Way It Really Is
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I kept talking to myself
I had to get the words out of my head (so I did)
You barely said a thing
You kind of heard me out and then you said (you said)
You're crazy, why do you keep doing this?
Everything is fine
Then I think I'm crazy, I do this all the time
Until I start to think that nothing's even wrong
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion
Maybe we're just a picture in my head
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was
Maybe I don't wanna see it, the way it really is
Sometimes your intentions are totally impossible to read
What does that mean?
Sometimes even I have no idea what I need
I wish I did
I'm crazy, why do I keep doing this?
Everything is fine
Then you think I'm crazy, I do this all the time
Until I start to think that something's really wrong
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion
Maybe we're just a picture in my head
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was
Maybe I don't wanna see it, the way it really is
Looking out my window at the big blue sky
Lazy sun is shining and so I run outside
To look for you, I look for you
And then it starts to rain
Maybe I am.. is that the way it really is?
Maybe we're just... a picture in my head
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was
Maybe I don't wanna see it, the way it really is
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion
Maybe we're just a picture in my head
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was
Maybe I don't wanna see it, the way it really is
Maybe I am hiding in my own confusion
Maybe we're just a picture in my head
Maybe what if it could be the way I wish it really was
Maybe I don't wanna see it
Maybe I don't wanna see it
Maybe I don't wanna see it
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Lisa Loeb performs "The Way It Really Is", and this lyric page sits inside the Lisa Loeb catalog on LyroVerse.
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