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pretty girls don't cry

They told us in first period
While we sat in our cold seats
That the girl I envied
Died while we were asleep
She took the dark road
Less traveled by us all
And swallow too many pills
To ever come back at all
I squeezed shut my eyes
And recounted the thoughts
Of what the world must have said
To make her breathing wish to stop

"Hush hush
Close your pretty eyes
This world is bad
But pretty girls don't cry"

Shaky knees
Blotchy cheeks
Throw away your dignity
In someone else's sheets
But cover it up
In your makeup disguise
She's a pretty girl
Dry your mascara eyes

"Hush hush
Close your pretty eyes
The world is bad
But pretty girls don't cry"

She's so glad for the boys at school
Who let her know who she was
Before she didn't know herself
Until they pressed their lips up on her mouth
They made her feel like something more
As her clothing was shed to the floor
But when she wakes up the next day
They're always quick to say

"Hush hush
Close your pretty eyes
The world is bad
But pretty girls don't cry"

As she walks through the halls
She can hear the other girls say
"God I wish I was a pretty girl
She's perfect in every way"
She wishes she could show them
How empty she really feels
Because she's a one way street
And everyone else is behind the wheel

"Hush hush
Close your pretty eyes
The world is bad
But pretty girls don't cry"

She wishes she could show them
The other side of this wall
Where the pretty girl has problems
And isn't envied in the hall
And when she goes home that night
She's certain of what she must do
Pretty girls can bruise and bleed
And they can die too

"Hush hush
Close your pretty eyes
The world is bad
But pretty girls don't cry"

You take the pills
And leave them a note
So they'll finally know
How you broke
As you drift to the darkness
You can hear them read your letter
And you smile a little
Being dead would be better

"Hush hush
Close your pretty eyes
The world is bad
But pretty girls don't cry"