Oh Kim
Your diary said,
The voices calling you from the edge.
They finally called you away,
You know I hear them too,
They're telling me to stay.

Oh Kim
Remember when
We made a million plans and we believed them.
Angry words ring in my head
I'd give every song I got in me
To get it back again.

She said, I could
She said hold on, hold out
Cause it's good.
She said it's right.
She said hold on, hold out
Cause I know that you can fight.

I know you can
You're right again.
There is an easy way
Out of this world.
I'm staying.
I wonder why?
It may be all I have,
But it's mine, it's mine.


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Song for Kim (She Said) Lyrics as written by Johnette Lin Napolitano James Andrew Mankey

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    Obviously, a girl named Kim committed suicide, and this is a loved one reminiscing and eulogizing. I was so excited to find a song with my name in it that wasn't written by Eminem, and unfortunately I won't be serenaded by it. Unless of course maybe at my funeral, maybe omitting the first verse? haha

    eightfootbrideon April 18, 2010   Link
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    Johnette wrote this song about a pretty waitress named Kim. (It says so in Rough Mix); however, I have lost my copy and can't remember whether the girl committed suicide or not.

    4sythiaHoagieon June 13, 2014   Link

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