Biography:
Clare Bowditch is a a critically acclaimed, ARIA award-winning singer from Melbourne, Victoria. She came to prominence in 2005 with the release of her second album "What Was Left", which received excellent critical reviews, high rotation airplay on radio station Triple J and moderate commercial success.
Her sweet folk-pop style has been compared to that of Cat Power and Beth Orton.
Visit the Clare Bowditch website or her Myspace profile.
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[Verse]
C G Am
Well it seems you've got a baby girl to a man
Em
who will not love you well
C G
and you're walking down Brunswick street
Am Em
and you're buying the baby's tears with treats.
C G
You look perfect, you look fine
Am Em
and you hold it together most of the time
C
but when the baby's crying
G Am
and you know, he's lying...
C G
He was the best looking boy you'd known
Am Em
so you married him and made him home.
C G
Dropped out of university
Am Em
all because he said Well Honey, you're pretty.
C G
Yes, you are pretty but you are not fine
Am Em
'cause you've forgotten you're partly Divine
C G
and if you don't start crying,
Am G
you may never shine.
G D
Step on out of line,
Em C C G
Out..si....de the square I dare you
G D
To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you.
C G
You play boy games and he plays girl games
Am Em
and every Saturday, you swap over again,
C G
and you wonder why he Just don't hear!.
Am Em C
Are you saying it loud, are you making it clear
G
or are you hiding away,
Am Em C G
behind all those perfect things that you say?
Am C
Hey You know that you don't wanna be,
G
You don't wanna be,
Am
You don't wanna be,
C G Am G C
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3.
G Am Em
Well is that your best reason to stay?
G Am
You're worried about what your brothers' friends'
C
mothers' might one day say ay ay hey?
G D
Step on out of line,
Em C G
Outsi..de the square I dare... you ooh ooh ooh ooh
D
To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you you you you.
G D
You really should step on out of line,
Em
Outsi......de
C G
the square I dare you
D
To go confront your man
Em C
Help him understand these subtleties about you.
C G
You you you you don't wanna be,
Am Em
You don't wanna be,
C G Am C G
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3 ee ee he.
Am Em
Well is that your best reason to stay?
C G Am
Think about what your baby girl might one day say.
C G Am
Well it seems you've got a baby girl to a man
Em
who will not love you well
C G
and you're walking down Brunswick street
Am Em
and you're buying the baby's tears with treats.
C G
You look perfect, you look fine
Am Em
and you hold it together most of the time
C
but when the baby's crying
G Am
and you know, he's lying...
C G
He was the best looking boy you'd known
Am Em
so you married him and made him home.
C G
Dropped out of university
Am Em
all because he said Well Honey, you're pretty.
C G
Yes, you are pretty but you are not fine
Am Em
'cause you've forgotten you're partly Divine
C G
and if you don't start crying,
Am G
you may never shine.
G D
Step on out of line,
Em C C G
Out..si....de the square I dare you
G D
To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you.
C G
You play boy games and he plays girl games
Am Em
and every Saturday, you swap over again,
C G
and you wonder why he Just don't hear!.
Am Em C
Are you saying it loud, are you making it clear
G
or are you hiding away,
Am Em C G
behind all those perfect things that you say?
Am C
Hey You know that you don't wanna be,
G
You don't wanna be,
Am
You don't wanna be,
C G Am G C
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3.
G Am Em
Well is that your best reason to stay?
G Am
You're worried about what your brothers' friends'
C
mothers' might one day say ay ay hey?
G D
Step on out of line,
Em C G
Outsi..de the square I dare... you ooh ooh ooh ooh
D
To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you you you you.
G D
You really should step on out of line,
Em
Outsi......de
C G
the square I dare you
D
To go confront your man
Em C
Help him understand these subtleties about you.
C G
You you you you don't wanna be,
Am Em
You don't wanna be,
C G Am C G
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3 ee ee he.
Am Em
Well is that your best reason to stay?
C G Am
Think about what your baby girl might one day say.
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