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[batewell]

she's looking in the mirror
she's fixing her hair
and i touch my head to feel
what isn't there.
she's humming a melody
we learned in grade school
she's so happy
and i think
this isnt cool
cause i know the guy
she's been talking about
i have met him before
and i think
what is this beautiful beautiful woman
settling for?

and she still doesn't have what she deserves
but she wakes up smiling every day
she never really expected more
that's not the way we are raised
and i say to her,
you know,
there's plenty of great men out there
but she doesn't hear me
she's looking in the mirror
she's fixing her hair.

-roni