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Paper Bag Tab

by Fiona Apple


                             
I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star
                            
To pray on, or wish on, or something like that
                             
I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy
                            
Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had
                                   
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope
                                    
And I believed for a moment that my chances were
     
Approaching to be grabbed
                                 
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear
                                   
I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag


                            
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
                                 
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
                                    
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold
                                                             
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love


                 
 And I went crazy again today,
                                                       
looking for a strand to climb, looking for a little hope
                                            
Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't put his lips to mine
                        
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope
                                      
I said, 'Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified?
                         
Come on put a little love here in my void,
                                                  
He said, "It's all in your head," and I said, "So's everything,"

But he didn't get it 
  
I thought he was a man
           
But he was just a little boy


                            
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills
                                 
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
                                    
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold
                                                         
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs...


           
To much to love, oh hunger hurts
                  
But I want him so bad, oh it kills me
                                           
'Cause I know that I'm a mess that he don't wanna clean up
                                              
I got to fold because these hands are just too shaky to hold
          
Oh hunger hurts but starving, it works
                       
When it costs to much to love