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
