Broken Barbie Doll

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[Verse 1]

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 Back when she was a girl there was a plan to see her through her life:
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Get married, settle down and have some kids and be a good housewife
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But she would go to bed at night, with Day-Glo stars and fairy lights
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Stuck on the ceiling of her room as she dreamed of another life.


[Chorus]

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Now it’s too late to go back home, it’s saccharine and silicone, for a broken Barbie doll
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 It’s sleeping pills and alcohol, and nights she’d rather not recall for a broken Barbie doll.

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[Verse 2]

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 And though the hands that played with her were cold, she let them drag her down
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And as her cardboard world begins to fold, she’s lying on the ground.


[Chorus]

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Now it’s too late to go back home, it’s saccharine and silicone, for a broken Barbie doll
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 Sleeping pills and alcohol, and nights she’d rather not recall for a broken Barbie doll.


[Verse 3]

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 Her mother writes her every week, she says she’s worried for her health
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Her dad says she’s finding her feet, but now she’s lying on the shelf
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Like faulty goods that are returned, her pretty fingers are all burned.

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[Chorus]

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 Now it’s too late to go back home, it’s saccharine and silicone for a broken Barbie doll
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 Sleeping pills and alcohol, and nights she’d really rather not recall for a broken Barbie,
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Broken Barbie doll.


[Outro]

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Broken Barbie, broken Barbie doll.
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For a broken Barbie, broken Barbie doll.
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Broken Barbie, broken Barbie doll.
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For a broken Barbie, broken Barbie doll.
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Broken Barbie, broken Barbie doll.