Mermaid's Daughter

from Side Effects EP by Girlgoyle

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Kiss my lips and cross my eyes
hand in hand too bad we're not side by side
but if we were, we'd lay in parallel lines
our faces hang in wooden frames
we'd hang in halls and alley ways
everything it looks the same
when you're gone

C'est la vie
under the bridge where the beggar sleeps
c'est la vie
dirt on his hands while the faucet leaks
you know some love it can be so cheap
but that kind of love gives me the creeps
you had some faith and so you took a leap
into the river where the water's deep

But i am not a mermaid's daughter
and i cannot breathe in water
i'll wait around on my human limbs
will you sink like an anchor
or try to swim?

face to face
tick tock in time
grandfather clock he cannot rewind
but if he could we'd lay in parallel lines
our faces hang in wooden frames
we'd hang in halls and alley ways
everything it looks the same when you're gone

C'est la vie
under the bridge where the beggar sleeps
c'est la vie
dirt on his hands while the faucet leaks
you know some love it can be so cheap
but that kind of love gives me the creeps
you had some faith and so you took a leap
into the river where the water's deep

But i am not a mermaid's daughter
and i cannot breathe in water
i'll wait around on my human limbs
will you sink like an anchor
or try to swim?

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from Side Effects EP, released August 7, 2013

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