She's

ne-

ver

a-

lone

Be-

cause

she's

scared

of

what

she

might

say

to

her-

self

Al-

ways

drink-

ing

in

the

back-

room

of

the

bar

Where

ev-

ery-

one

turns

in

A

half-

heart-

ed

grin

She

wont

be

a-

fraid

As

long

as

that

pre-

scrip-

tion

keeps

on

go-

ing

through

And

all

the

hap-

py

pills

make

her

look

like

A

card-

board

cut

out

of

some-

one

I

used

to

learn

from

But

on

the

phone

She's

tel-

ling

ev-

ery-

one

That

there

was

a

blue

sky

she

left

be-

hind

And

there's

a

place

That

no

one

knows

a-

bout

A-

way

from

in-

te-

gri-

ty

She

writes

a

book

in

her

head

that

no-

bo-

dy

will

read

What-

ev-

er

you

say

Please

don't

talk

a-

bout

the

time

when

she

was

young

Ap-

par-

en-

tly

that

was

a

diffe-

rent

per-

son

and

So

long

a-

go

it's

strange

to

me

There's

no

his-

to-

ry

But

there's

a

past

And

she's

tel-

ling

ev-

ery-

one

It

must

be

a

gar-

den

that

would-

n't

grow

With

roots

of

shame

Too

sen-

si-

tive

to

blame

Her-

self

as

we

watch

her

drown

I

can't

save

the

queen

with-

out

a

king-

dom

or

a

crown

Some-

where

in

this

lone-

ly

game

of

sym-

path-

y

There

is

a

sel-

fish

dream

That

makes

me

sick

Stand-

ing

on

the

high-

wire

while

you're

on

the

ground

To

you

what

is

dan-

ge-

rous

Is

safe

and

sound

You

let

me

down

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