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Who knows\r
\nWhat goes on in her head\r
\nWhy she sings fifties tunes\r
\nAs she climbs out of bed\r
\nWhy her clothes always clash\r
\nAnd her hair's always wild\r
\nThank god she's not married\r
\nCould you think of her child?\r
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Strange girl\r
\nShe giggles for no reasons\r
\nGets a week-long obsession\r
\nWith the change of the seasons\r
\nShe shouts without warning\r
\nAnd she burst into tears\r
\nBores everyone rigid\r
\nWith irrational fears\r
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So neurotic, how bizarre\r
\nShe slashes her wrists and crashes the car\r
\nFloods the apartment\r
\nAnd loses her job\r
\nDisappears for three months\r
\nWeds a drifter called Rob\r
\n\r
\n

She lies\r
\nAbout the places she's been\r
\nAbout things that she's done\r
\nAbout meeting the queen\r
\nBut she'll tell you far more\r
\nThan you wanted to hear\r
\nIf she gets in truth mood\r
\nAnd you give her an ear\r
\n\r
\n

Breaks things\r
\nLeaves a trail of destruction\r
\nDestroys priceless heirlooms\r
\nTo determine their function\t\r
\nBut she makes things as well\r
\nPaints astonishing art\r
\nAnd writes beautiful songs\r
\nThat sing right to your heart\r
\n\r
\n

So neurotic, she's insane\r
\nHer second divorce was the one from her brain\r
\nWhy do we still see her\r
\nWhy is she still around\r
\nWhy haven't we told her\r
\nTo get out of town?\r
\n\r
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Her past\r
\nHow did she gets like this?\r
\nBreaks up with her boyfriend\r
\nAnd abandons the kids\r
\nHow was her childhood\r
\nDo her parents still love her?\r
\nIs it something her dad did\r
\nDid she take after her mother?\r
\n\r
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Phonecalls\r
\nEndless tales of her distress\r
\nAnd then she concludes\r
\nThat she must be a princess\r
\nWho is it looks out for her\r
\nAnd how does she survive\r
\nIf the rest of us struggle\r
\nWhy is she still alive?\r
\n\r
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So neurotic, what a pain\r
\nBut occasionally there's a flash of the sane\r
\nMoments of brilliance\r
\nAnd some good advice\r
\nMakes you glad you put up\r
\nWith the rest of her life\r
\n\r
\n

They say that true genius\r
\nIs always insane\r
\nSo we'll cope with her majesty\r
\nDancing out in rain\r
\n\r
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Giggles to herself\r
\nGets strange obsessions\r
\nShouts at the wrong moment\r
\nCries for no reason\r
\nLies transparently\r
\nProclaims she's the queen\r
\nTells you more than you need to know\r
\nBreaks things\r
\nMakes things of great beauty\r
\nNeurotic\r
\nHow does she survive?\r
\nWho made her like this?\r
\nWhat was her childhood like?\r
\nWhat were her parents like?\r
\nSurely this doesn't happen by itself.\r
\nCrashes her car\r
\nSlashes her wrists\r
\nBreaks up with her boyfriend\r
\nAnd abandons the kids\r
\nFloods the apartment\r
\nAnd loses her job\r
\nDisappears for three months\r
\nWeds a drifter called Rob\r
\nNeurotic\r
\nBut occasionally\r
\nThere's a flash of the sane\r
\nAnd you see she's not totally\r
\nDivorced from her brain\r
\nMoments of brilliance\r
\nAnd some good advice\r
\nMakes you glad you put up\r
\nWith the rest of her life\r
\nThey say that true genius\r
\nIs always insane\r
\nSo we'll cope with her majesty\r
\nDancing out in rain\r
\n\r
\n\r
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