Happiness likes hush, but I'm bursting out,

Strangers stare, judging as I flee. (Scout),

I vowed a hundred times to trust no one's claim,

But when I met you, there was only sorrow and blame.

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The biggest secret, I kept it concealed,

Now all I do is weep, weep, weep.

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We might have been more than just lonely hearts,

Shutting out the world, torn apart.

Folks warned us then, "Love's a wasted game."

Oh, if we could, oh, if we only overcame.

We might have been more than just lonely hearts,

Shutting out the world, torn apart.

Folks warned us then, "Love's a wasted game."

Oh, if we could, oh, if we only held the frame.

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The world of stereotypes, how long must we reside?

Can't I find love just for me, can I be?

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If that's the word they gave,

Then don't you believe their rhyme.

I should have shared my life in loving sweetness,

But the other half claimed me!

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We might have been more than just lonely hearts,

Shutting out the world, torn apart.

Folks warned us then, "Love's a wasted game."

Oh, if we could, oh, if we only overcame.

We might have been more than just lonely hearts,

Shutting out the world, torn apart.

Folks warned us then, "Love's a wasted game."

Oh, if we could, oh, if we only held the frame.

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Could we not have been just lonely hearts,

Even though we were in pain in the end?

Shutting out the world,

Where no one outside knew a friend?

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Folks warned us then that love is fading and it's the end.

Oh, if we could, oh, we'd get the old trend (Oh, if we could)

Oh, if we can get it all good.