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School was always daily torture\r
\nQuestions and answers and neither made sense\r
\nSpent your classes looking skywards\r
\nPraying for the day to end\r
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Teachers would despair of you\r
\nUsing you to vent frustration\r
\nSarcastic comments passed right by you\r
\nClassmates giggled affirmation\r
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Always bottom of the class\r
\nDisappointment led to rage\r
\nFirst from teachers, then your parents\r
\nTelling you to act your age\r
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Say sorry if you get it wrong\r
\nSay sorry if they look confused\r
\nSay sorry if they pause for thought\r
\nApologize or be abused\r
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You're the stupid humble girl\r
\nNot so bright but so polite\r
\nEverything must be your fault\r
\nEveryone is always right\r
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Apologizing always helps\r
\nThey don't yell if they know you're sorry\r
\nAnd everything you do is wrong\r
\nYou don't want to be a worry\r
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Think twice before speaking up\r
\nBetter not to speak at all\r
\nYou can't be wrong if you shut up\r
\nIf you're not proud then you can't fall\r
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You're the stupid humble girl\r
\nNot so bright but so polite\r
\nEverything must be your fault\r
\nEveryone is always right\r
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Always giggle when you speak\r
\nYou can say that you were joking\r
\nAsking questions makes you weak\r
\nDon't talk at parties; take up smoking\r
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You're not clever, so be pretty\r
\nSpend your cash on cheap cosmetics\r
\nTry to hook a clever man\r
\nDazzle him with thin synthetics\r
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You're the stupid humble girl\r
\nNot so bright but so polite\r
\nEverything must be your fault\r
\nEveryone is always right\r
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You could sing and you were pretty\r
\nYou could run and you could draw\r
\nYou've forgotten all your talents\r
\nThe happiness that came before\r
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They all said that you were stupid\r
\nMade you think you had no hope\r
\nWhen they find you, they will be\r
\nAmazed that you could tie the rope\r
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