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Introduction:
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When I was a little girl
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Like really little, like 8 or so
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I was playing in my father's study
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A place in the house I wasn't supposed to go
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My father fancied himself a sailor
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His study was filled with nautical decor
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He kept a boat in a bottle on the top of a shelf
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And it shattered on the ground when I slammed the door
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I told my mother everything
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I told her I was so, so sorry
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She told me, "don't cry, When he comes home tonight
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We can make everything okay
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This is all we have to say"
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"We don't remember a boat in a bottle
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It must've fallen off its shelf alone
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We know you loved it, we're so sad it's broken
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But neither one of us was even home"
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And it's our word
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Yes, our word
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Against his
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So I hid screw-ups from my father
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Made up school awards to please my mom
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Whatever made the steak taste better
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Whatever kept the waters calm
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I was told to keep their secrets
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And in turn they'd keep mine
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As I got older, I got dumber
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I couldn't help but cross the line
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Three times I nearly wrecked my life
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Three times I nearly came to ruin
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Three times went crying to my parents
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Who said they'd make it go away
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Yes, this is all we had to say
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"We never rented a house in Sedona
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We didn't see Camille the day she died
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We haven't been on our boat in some years now
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So we don't care what you found inside"
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And it's our word
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Yes, our word
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It's our word
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Yes, our word
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Against theirs
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Somebody was paid to make it go away
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Everyone was paid to make the problems go away
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Doesn't matter who gets screwed, or who is blamed
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Or what you need to do to clear your name
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An inconvenient truth can be easily erased
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When I was 26
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I was living in New York
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I developed some fun habits
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Put my white blood cells to work
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I remember it so clearly
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I was home alone on a Tuesday night
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To level out, I'd popped some downers
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But couldn't seem to get my mind right
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I drew a bath and slipped into it
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And suddenly became aware
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I couldn't keep my head above water
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I took a final gasp of air
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And as I laid there helplessly
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A million different thoughts came to me
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I saw my parents hearing the news
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"Your only daughter drowned today"
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I thought about what they might say
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"Our daughter, Judith?
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No, she moved to Austin
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She's very happy there, or so we hear
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She's always been so goddamned independent
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The years go by and now we barely see her"
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"Our daughter, Judith?
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You must be mistaken
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You mean the girl we raised as if our own?
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We loved her so much she felt like our child
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But eventually we had to send her home"
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It'd be their word
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Only their word
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It'd be their word
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Only their word
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