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Paper Doll Lyrics
You like a man with a future
You like a woman with a past
Well do you really believe that
She said to faces in the crowd
(Yesterday I was facinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
And even if you did miss me
You never let me know
You prefer to be just a little bit
In and out of love with me
And not to scream and shout
You prefer to be just a little bit
In and out of agony
(Yesterday I was facinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
Come on now, let the sad winds blow down
As the rain came, she refused to wear her coat
But deep in her heart she knew, that the song must go on
He says well I have forgotten you
And your beautiful eyes
We were off the wall
We were mirrors of our former selves
Well you could have said no
You could have said well I just can't
Whoa we were off the wall
We were mirrors of each other
Passing by
(Yesterday I was facinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
REPEAT
Well I was your Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Well I was you Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Paper Doll
And it doesn't even matter
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
It was a real clear answer
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
I was fascinated by somebody else
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
You like a woman with a past
Well do you really believe that
She said to faces in the crowd
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
You never let me know
You prefer to be just a little bit
In and out of love with me
And not to scream and shout
You prefer to be just a little bit
In and out of agony
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
As the rain came, she refused to wear her coat
But deep in her heart she knew, that the song must go on
And your beautiful eyes
We were off the wall
We were mirrors of our former selves
You could have said well I just can't
Whoa we were off the wall
We were mirrors of each other
Passing by
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Well I was you Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Paper Doll
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
It was a real clear answer
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
I was fascinated by somebody else
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
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Hmm - this song sound like it is about a couple who are fuck buddies. She comes back to him on and off again, and he prefers it to be that way. And she feels like a paper doll - someone who is being manipulated by him to be the fuck buddy he wants her to be because he doesn't want to commit to anything, as in:
"And even if you did miss me You never let me know You prefer to be just a little bit In and out of love with me And not to scream and shout You prefer to be just a little bit In and out of agony"
That's my take on it. Good song though, it took me a while to like it.
You see, I think it sounds like sarcasm coming from a broken heart. I also think it exposes Lindsey to some degree, kinda like, "it takes two to argue even if you do not yell or scream, you come back for more as well (you liked it)" "oh you missed me, hmmm I never heard from you" Actually, if you have ever given your heart to someone who is like this, you end up feeling crazy, I think that is expressed here through the jovial almost festival like music. It took me a while to like this song as...
You see, I think it sounds like sarcasm coming from a broken heart. I also think it exposes Lindsey to some degree, kinda like, "it takes two to argue even if you do not yell or scream, you come back for more as well (you liked it)" "oh you missed me, hmmm I never heard from you" Actually, if you have ever given your heart to someone who is like this, you end up feeling crazy, I think that is expressed here through the jovial almost festival like music. It took me a while to like this song as well, I didnt like the country music feel but after listening to the lyrics and getting the feeling of Mardigras with what I perceive as a sarcastic, broken hearted person who is frustrated trying to change her lover, well lets just say I get it and LOVE this song. Thank you Stevie.
I love this song. Especially that first line . " You like a man with a future ,you like a woman with a past. " Lol. Brilliant
I love this song. Especially that first line . " You like a man with a future ,you like a woman with a past. " Lol. Brilliant
I'd also like to add that the song definitely describes Stevie's feelings about her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham through the years.
LOL
I won't tell where I got this information from because I have read many news about Fleetwood Mac and Nicks but in one of the interviews she said that this song refers to her complaints to her dad about one unkind thing she'd experienced. And then he said, well just like lines show: Well, you could've said, "No"/ You could've said, "Well, I just can't". So all clues lead to that photo of her and Lindsley B. at their only album where they both are posing naked. It was not cool for Stevie to do that but she didn't have the choice :/ even Lindsley didn't support her then :/. But I think it's not the only thing she's singing in it. I think she's singing about many other situations when she was treated like an object or humiliated. Apart from Lindsley (who was a jerk towards her many times) it can be also Don Henley who together with the other Eagles treated her only as a girl for flirts and not as a songwriter (the same topic in "The Highwayman"), or maybe Jimmy Iovine who didn't like her bold songs and later tried to make her sing tracks not written by her, or maybe Prince who didn't like her rock and roll lifestyle while he was also the crazy one (the same with Joe Walsh) or many other people who acted similar way - those were 70's/80's when music business was mainly sexist.
[Edit: Grammar]