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This song examines the depths of a love/hate relationship.

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You've got fine feathers you like to wear
You flit and flutter from here to there
It's too bad you'll never know what is real 'cause you're all for show

You pose and posture; You smile so nice
And no one knows your heart's on ice
You tell me that I'm "not your dreamgirl"
I guess I was just a stopgap in your world

I wish I didn't scare you so; I wish you didn't have to go
I wish you knew enough to know that I'm for real and not just for show
I wish I didn't love you so; Wish I could turn around and go
I wish I knew enough to know why I can't help but love the show!

I love the show.

The show's so pretty, it's so much fun
It's naughty and witty but when it's done
There's a knife that's waiting in the dark with which you cut me down
And you break my heart

I wish I'd left you long ago; saved myself from the undertow
But I guess I never really wanted to know that your love's not real,
It's just for show

Wish you'd stop running to and fro
and plant your feet and have the guts to grow
I fear you'll never know enough to know
That all the fame you chase is just for show

I should have left you long ago
I shoulda shut the door and had the guts to go
But I finally get that you'll never forgo
All the smoke and mirrors that belie your show!

You're all for show.

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from The Light in Me, released October 21, 2016
Martha Bourne VOCALS, GUITAR
James Rohr RHODES
Mike Castellana GUITARS
Jef Charland BASS
Tauras Biskis DRUMS

© Martha V. Bourne ASCAP
℗ You Henry Publishing ASCAP

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Martha Bourne Boston, Massachusetts

singer/songwriter and film composer.
my work has aired on major networks and cable channels (CBS, NBC, ABC, HBO, Discovery, History Channel, WE Network, WGBH).

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