you caught me lingering
in another girl's paradise
the way she paints the world --
i want that in my life
emeralds, you should know,
are renting in her meadow
with a stroke beauty lives
how could i resist you are desire
when it all is said, said and done
who can love you and still be standing
there's mary calling up a storm
can i take from you and not keep taking
naked as day Gemma follows him
does it all come down
to the thing one girl fears in the night
is another girl's paradise
through twists and turns
Jasmine foxed me in her grove
arms filled with honey-bells,
st michaels sanford bloods
you have come to discover what you want
what i want is not to want what isn't mine
but i am desire when it all is said, said and done
who can love you and still be standing
there's mary calling up a storm
can i take from you and not keep taking
naked as day Gemma follows him
does it all come down
to the thing one girl fears in the night
is another girl's paradise
does it all come down
to the thing one girl fears in the night
is another girl
is another girl
is another girl's paradise


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Another Girl's Paradise Lyrics as written by Tori Amos

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    Okay this is going to sound a little weird but this song makes me think about how I feel about the State Of Florida. The whole time Ive been here I kinda feel like i've snuck into another girl's paradise. It's so beautiful here but at the same time terrifying like I'm someplace I shouldn't be and Im getting away with it LOL only to find out Ive been caught red handed. Then all of the sudden a hurricane is pointing at you and your scrambling to get out.

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