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Artist: MARINA
Canonical path: /marina-and-the-diamonds/the-family-jewels
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The Family Jewels
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The Family Jewels
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I can't break the cycle
Am I just a fool?
Falling down like dominoes
Hit by family jewels
Pass it down from kid to kid
The chain will never end
Unless I decide to go to it
Will I see the end?
Oh, don't you find it strange?
Only thing we share is one last name
Did I beat you at your own game?
Typical of me to put us all to shame
Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmerin' sapphire
Can't keep his cool
I can't keep my cool
I can't keep my cool
Family said that I decided
To live a loveless life
Is it my fault we stay divided?
'Cause I've got too much pride
Pass the parcel, wrap unwrap
And open up the locks
Out come flying all the secrets
Of Pandora's box
Oh, you think I'm unfit
Little did you know that I was cut for it
No glass slipper will ever fit
'Cause I could never see a diamond in it
Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmerin' sapphire
Can't keep his cool
I can't keep my cool
I can't keep my cool
And when we're in the dark
It echoes in your heart
And when you're far away
It beckons me to stay
And when we're in the dark
It echoes in your heart
And when you're far away
It beckons me to stay
Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmerin' sapphire
Can't keep his cool
Welcome to the family jewels
Coal to diamonds, sold to fools
Welcome to the family jewels
Simmerin' sapphire
Can't keep his cool
I can't keep my cool
I can't keep my cool
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