She Used To Be Mine - Sara Bareilles

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[Intro]
 (x4)

[Verse 1]

It's not simpl

e to say
          
That most days

 I don't recog

nize me
           
That these sho

es and this ap

ron
     
That place and

 it's patrons
     
Have taken mor

e than I've ga

ve them
  
        
It's not easy 

to know
        
I'm not anythi

ng like I used

 be
              
Although it's 


true
             
I was never at


tention's swee

t center

I still rememb

er that girl

[Chorus 1]
  
She's imperfec

t but she trie

s
       
She is good bu

t she lies
       
She is hard on

 herself
       
She is broken 

and won't ask 

for help

  
She is messy b

ut she's kind
        
She is lonely,

 most of the t

ime
       
She is all of 

this, mixed up
            
And baked in a

           
 beautiful pie
              
She is gone, b

              
ut she used to

    
 be mine

[Verse 2]

It's not what 

I asked for
          
Sometimes life

 just slips in

 through a bac

k door
    
And carves out

 a person
            
And makes you 

              
believe it's a

   
ll true
    
And now I've g

ot you

And you're not

 what I asked 

for
             
If I'm honest,

              
 I know I woul

   
d give it all 

back
      
For a chance t

o start over
            
And rewrite an

           
 ending or two
        
For the girl t

hat I knew

[Chorus 2]
          
Who'll be reck

less, just eno

ugh
           
Who'll get hur

t
             
But who learns

              
 how to toughe

              
n up when she'

  
s bruised
            
And gets used 

              
by a man who c

      
an't love
            
And then she'l

              
l get stuck an

     
d be scared
       
Of the life th

at's inside he

r
        
Growing strong

er each day
        
'Til it finall

y reminds her
   
To fight just 

a little
            
To bring back 

              
the fire in he

 
r eyes
            
That's been go

              
ne, but it use

        
d to be mine
  
         
Used to be min

e


[Refrain]
(strum once)
       
She is messy b

ut she's kind
       
She is lonely 

most of the ti

me
            
She is all of 

              
this mixed up 

              
and baked in a

            
 beautiful pie
              
She is gone, b

              
ut she used to

       
 be mine