When you tell a girl she's pretty
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When you tell a girl she’s pretty
she’ll paint a smile on her face
so she won’t look in the mirror
and see her life was a waste
When you tell a girl she’s pretty
on compliments she’ll feed
she’ll put them under her skin
to see them when she bleeds
When you tell a girl she’s pretty
it’ll go straight to her hips
so every piece of food
passes twice through her lips
When you tell a girl she’s pretty
through her ear flows a poison
that seeps into her words
before she can voice them
When you tell a girl she’s pretty
it becomes her lifeline
but what happens if that phone
isn’t ringing all the time
When you tell a girl she’s pretty
every girl is a threat
she does it better than her
then it’s her you’ll reject
When you tell a girl she’s pretty
a little part of her dies
the part that reaches upward
and tells her she can fly.