[Verse 1]

Loretta broke 

my heart in a 

letter

she told me sh

e was leaving 

and her life w

ould be better

.

Joan broke it 

off over the p

hone

after the tone

, she left me 

alone.

Jen said she'd

 never ever se

e me again,

when I saw her

 again she sai

d it again.

Jan met anothe

r man,

Liza got amnes

ia just forgot

 who I am.

Felicity said 

there was no e

lectricity,

Emily, no chem

istry.

Fran ran, Bruc

e turned out t

o be a man.

Flo had to go 

I couldn't go 

with the flow.


[Chorus]
           
Carol Brown ju

          
st took a bus 

out of town,

but I'm hoping that you'll stick around.

 


[Bridge]
            
He doesn't coo

              
k or clean, he

             
's not good bo

           
yfriend materi

al
                                                       (Ooh, we can eat cereal)
            
You'll lose in

              
terest fast, h

             
is relationshi

            
ps never last
                                                      (Shut up girlfriends from the past)
            
He says he'll 

              
do one thing a

             
nd then he goe

             
s and does ano

ther thing
            
Oh, who organi

              
zed all of my 

              
ex-girlfriends

             
 into a choir,

              
 and got them 

    
to sing?

           
Ah ah ah ah, a

    
h ah ah
(Who, who,...       Mm, shut up)
           
Ah ah ah ah, a

             
h ah ah, ah ah

   
 ah.
                    (Shut up girlfriends from the past)

 


[Verse 2]

Mimi will no l

onger see me.

Britney, Britn

ey hit me.

Paula, Perseph

one, Stella, a

nd Stephanie,

there must fif

ty ways that l

overs have lef

t me.


[Chorus]
           
Carol Brown ju

          
st took a bus 

out of town...


[Bridge]
            
Love is a deli

              
cate thing, it

             
 could just fl

              
oat away on th

  
e breeze
                                                           (He said the same thing to me)
            
How can we eve

              
r know we've f

             
ound the right

              
 person in thi

  
s world?
                                                           (He means he looks at other girls)
            
Love is a myst

             
ery that does 

             
not follow a r

ule
                                           (This guy is a fool)
            
He'll always b

              
e a boy, he's 

             
a man who neve

       
r grew up
                                                  (I thought I told you to shut up)

           
Ah ah ah ah, a

     
h ah ah
       (Mona, you told me you were in a coma)
           
Ah ah ah ah, a

       
h ah ah
         (Tiffany you said that you had an epiphany)
           
Ah ah ah ah, a

       
h ah ah
       (Mm, would you like a little cereal?)
            
Ah            

              
 ah           

              
     ah       

             
          ah, 

              
              

      
      ah    ah

     ah
(Who organized this choir of ex-girlfriends, was it you Carol Brown, was it you Carol Brown?)


[Chorus]
           
Carol Brown ju

          
st took a bus 

out of town...
              
but I'm hoping

             
 that you'll



stick around


Do do, do do d

o do do stick 

around

Do do, do do d

o do do


Do do, do do d

o do do stick 

around

Do do, do do d

o do do do
       
Stick around