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Artist: The National
Canonical path: /the-national/pretty-forever
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Pretty Forever
Read Pretty Forever lyrics by The National on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Pretty Forever
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What would she do?
If she could kick time?
Would she go back?
Her arms were mine
Would you go back to four weeks ago?
And tell her everything
Whoever everything
How could she pick
And how could she say
She's already made too many mistakes
She's first at the walls, little baby ones
She tried to cage it if she weren't too smart for that
If she weren't too smart for that
She wants be happy forever
She just wants to be high
She wants to be pretty forever
She just wants to be tight
She be your mother if she had a choice
She'd make more money if she were a boy
We put her away, but she'd try it again
She'd try it again, and keep her mouth shut
Yeah, she'd keep her mouth shut
What would we do?
If it wouldn't matter
We'd still fall apart
One way or another
So would the city
And so would the east
And so on
And so on
She wants to be happy forever
She just wants to be high
She wants to be pretty forever
She just wants to be tight
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