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Artist: Liz Phair
Canonical path: /phair-liz/perfect-world
Related lyric paths: 6
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Perfect World
Read Perfect World lyrics by Liz Phair on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Perfect World
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What a pretty life you have
Oh boy, it's a pretty life
And I would need a map
Just so I could navigate the back yard
Home is very ordinary
I know I was born to lead a double life
Of murder, strife, and misery
And when I find it, I know I'll make sense of me
I want to be cool, tall, vulnerable, and luscious
I would have it all if I'd only had this much
No need for Lucifer to fall if he'd learn to keep his mouth shut
I would be involved with you
I know the girls
That live inside your world
Just sitting next to a mortal makes their skin crawl
I want to be cool, tall, vulnerable, and luscious
I would have it all if I only had this much
No need for Lucifer to fall if he's learn to keep his mouth shut
I would be involved with you...
With you.
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Liz Phair performs "Perfect World", and this lyric page sits inside the Liz Phair catalog on LyroVerse.
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