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Perfect Little Girl

from The Light at the End of the Line by Janis Ian

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Pretend that you’re a girl,
for the rest of your life
Pretend it for the world,
though you know it isn’t right
If life’s a fairy tale,
you can play your role and be
Be a perfect little girl
for all the world to see

but there’s a sacred place inside
and it’s a place you just can’t hide
If this whole wide world would only see
they’d know you tried to be
a perfect little girl

Pretend it’s all a dream
and one day you’ll wake inside
to be somewhere in-between
where you left, and you arrived
And you’ll know that dreams come true,
‘cause it’s happening to you
Like a redbird finds the spring,
you will find your season, too

‘cause there’s a sacred place inside
and it’s a place you just can’t hide
If this whole wide world could see
they’d know you tried to be
a perfect little girl

Blame it on the sun
Blame it on the moon
Blame it on the stars that shine
the same on me as you

‘cause there’s a sacred place inside
and it’s a place I just can’t hide
If the world could see inside of me
they’d know I tried to be a perfect little girl
Perfect little girl
Perfect little girl

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from The Light at the End of the Line, released January 21, 2022
Janis Ian: vocal, piano
Engineer: Brandon Bell

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Janis Ian Florida

Janis Ian began her iconic career at age 14 when she wrote her impactful song “Society’s Child” about an interracial romance between teenagers. Her honest songwriting has translated into culturally significant tracks including “At Seventeen,” “Jesse,” and “Stars.” She has been nominated for nine Grammys and won two: one in 1976 for “At Seventeen” and one in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Recording. ... more

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