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[Verse 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.

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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.

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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."

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[Verse 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."

[Verse 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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[Verse 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.

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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.

[End-Chorus]
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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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