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Tracy Chapman – Paper & Ink lyrics
Touched the mirror
Broke the surface of the water
Saw my true self
All illusions shattered

Moneys only paper only ink
Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree
How the world turns
Who made the sun
Who owns the sea
The world we know will fall piece by piece

Sat down up close to the colored black hole
Like theyd always told me not to
Saw the one dimension polka dot pacifier
And all illusions shattered

Moneys only paper only ink
Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree
How the world turns
Who made the sun
Who owns the sea
The world we know will fall piece by piece

Bared myself wholly heart and body unadorned
Stripped down solely
To the evil and the good
Felt no shame
Naked to the world
And all illusions shattered

Moneys only paper only ink
Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree
How the world turns
Who made the sun
Who owns the sea
The world we know will fall piece by piece

Faced towards the sea
Looked to heaven up above
Felt the world revolve around me
No one could tell me otherwise
But the turbulent waters wont reflect this life
Only the sun the moon and sky
And all illusions shattered

Moneys only paper only ink
Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree
How the world turns
Who made the sun
Who owns the sea
The world we know will fall piece by piece

Moneys only paper only ink
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Touched the mirror Broke the surface of the water Saw my true self All illusions shattered Moneys only paper only ink Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Sat down up close to the colored black hole Like theyd always told me not to Saw the one dimension polka dot pacifier And all illusions shattered Moneys only paper only ink Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Bared myself wholly heart and body unadorned Stripped down solely To the evil and the good Felt no shame Naked to the world And all illusions shattered Moneys only paper only ink Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Faced towards the sea Looked to heaven up above Felt the world revolve around me No one could tell me otherwise But the turbulent waters wont reflect this life Only the sun the moon and sky And all illusions shattered Moneys only paper only ink Well destroy ourselves if we can't agree How the world turns Who made the sun Who owns the sea The world we know will fall piece by piece Moneys only paper only ink Explain Request ×



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Tracy Chapman - Paper and Ink (2000)
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