Polyester Bride Liz Phair
Intro
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I was talking, not two days ago,
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To a certain bartender, I’m lucky to know
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And I asked Henry, my bartending friend,
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If I should bother dating unfamous men
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And Henry said: «You’re lucky to even know me.
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You’re lucky to be alive. You’re lucky to be drinking here for free
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Cause I’m a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes.» And then he said:
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“Do you wanna be a polyester bride?
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Or do you wanna hang your head and die?
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Do you wanna find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale?
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Do you wanna flap your wings and fly away from here?
And I was sitting, not two days ago, Feeling lonely cause I’m just feeling low
And I asked Henry, my bartending friend.
Why it is that there are those kind of men and Henry said:
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Do you wanna flap your wigs and fly away from here?
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«Princess do you
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Really wanna flap your wings and fly…
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‘Cause you, you’ve got time. (he keeps telling me)
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You, you’ve got time. (but I don’t believe him)
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«You, you’ve got time.
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I keep on pushing harder… I keep on pushing farther away
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But he keeps telling me: Baby, he say’s baby yeah…
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Do you wanna be a polyester bride? (away from here)
Do you wanna be a polyester bride? (away from here)
Do you wanna be a polyester bride? Princess do you
Really wanna flap your wings and fly away from here?