Not Mine

Amanda Palmer

everyone says itll laugh like you
everyone says itll get your smile
well im the only one who knows you never loved me baby
not a single solitary time
not a single solitary time

everyone says itll have your temper
everyone says itll have your eyes
well im the only one who knows where you were sleeping baby
and i really wouldnt be surprised
i really wouldnt be surprised

everybody tells me that im crazy
saying im too young to have a baby
but maybe the jokes on you this time
maybe the jokes on you this time

and everyone will say that im a liar
everyday the swallowing gets tighter
keeping this a secret has been murder
and id like to get on with my life
id like to get on with my life

everyone says itll laugh like you
everyone says itll get your smile
well i dont even know if youre the father
but there isnt anyway its mine


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    I'm sure that this is about being with someone who's got another girl pregnant, but being convinced that staying with them's the best option. It seems that this song's her justifying her realisation that she needs to end it with him. 'I'm the only one who knows you never loved me baby, Not a single solitary time' She tells people she wishes she was the one pregnant with his child 'Everybody tells me that I'm crazy Saying I'm too young to have a baby'

    To me this makes sense; there quite literally isn't any way it's hers.

    ellatrixon December 04, 2010   Link

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