Intro 
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[Verso 1]

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They say "boys will be boys" while the girls become women, 
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I met one myself who makes me feel like a kid 
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in cutoff blue-jeans on his first day out swimming. 


[Pré-Refrão]

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And it feels like   I might have a new purpose 
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but I'm still that little boy who just sits there, nervous. 

 
 
[Refrão]
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She says "will you dance with me? I just turned thirteen 
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in my homemade dress my dad's never seen." 

Interlude 
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[Verso 2]

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Well, they turned down the lights, my hands got all sweaty, 
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a slow song came on, it was one that I knew. 
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I stared at my shoes and said "I don't think I'm ready." 


[Verso 3]
 
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And some rich kid comes   by, he said she looked pretty, 
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and they walked out to the dance floor and his hand started wand'rin' 
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and there was nothing I could do except moan in self pity. 

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And it feels like I ought to knock that kid out, 
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but his monopoly money   might be her way out. 

 
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She says "will you dance with me? I've just turned thirteen 
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in my homemade dress my dad's never seen." 
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Well, I wrote you these letters in my pocket but they're told 
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because the critic killed the artist before he was born. 


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[Verso 4]

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Well, they got through the song but when the music was over 
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she slapped that old rich kid. The coach came to fetch him 
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the old homemade dress was pushed back up to her shoulders. 


 
[Verso 5]
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And she ran for the bathroom and I got up from my chair. 
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I was ten steps behind her, sittin' in the hallway, 
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that rich kid back to dancin' while I waited there. 

 
 
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And it feels like she took the blame 
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but she didn't sew for hours to tarnish her name. 

 
 
[Refrão]
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I said "will you dance with me?" Way past thirteen, 
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with my bad reputation and thrift store routine. 
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Well, you can't change the truth or go back in time, 
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but all hell breaks loose when your heart changes your mind. 
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All hell breaks loose when your heart changes your mind. 
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Yeah, all hell breaks loose when your heart changes your mind. 

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