C D Em D C [Verse 1] C she's looking in the mirror D she's fixing her hair Em D and I touch my head to feel C what isn't there C she's humming a melody D we learned in grade school Em she's so happy D and I think C this is not cool C 'cause I know the guy D she's been talking about Em D C I have met him before C and I think D Em what is this beautiful beautiful woman D C settling for? [Verse 2] C she bends her breath D when she talks to him Em D C I can see her features begin to blur C and she pours herself D Em D C into the mold he made for her C D and for everything he does Em D C she has a way to rationalize C D she says he don't mean what he do Em D she tells me he called C to apologize [Verse 3] C he says he loves her D he says he's changing Em D C and he can keep her warm C D and so she sits there like america Em D C suffering through slow reform C D but she'll never get back the time Em and the years go, sneak by D C one by one C D she is still playing the martyr Em D C I am still praying for revolution [Verse 4] C D and she still doesn't have what she deserves Em D C but she wakes up smiling every day C D she never really expected more Em D C that's just not the way we are raised C and I say to her, D you know, Em D C there's plenty of really great men out there C D but she doesn't hear me Em she's looking in the mirror D C she's fixing her hair