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What's A Girl To Do Lyrics

We walked arm in arm
But I didn't feel his touch
A desire I'd first tried to hide,
That tingling inside was gone
And when he asked me:
'do you still love me?'
I had to look away
I didn't want to tell him
That my heart grows colder with each day

When you love so long
That the thrill is gone
And your kisses at night
Are replaced with tears
And when your dreams are on
A train to train wreck town
Then I ask you now, what's a girl to do?

He said he'd take me away
That we'd work things out
And I didn't want to tell him
But it was then I had to say
Over the times we've shared
It's all blackened out
And my bat lightning heart
Wants to fly away

When you love so long
That the thrill is gone
And your kisses at night
Are replaced with tears
And when your dreams are on
A train to train wreck town
Then I ask you now, what's a girl to do?

What's a girl to do? x3
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Submitted by
indie.love On May 27, 2007
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i hear "and when your dreams are all a train to trainwreck town"

i love this. it's got a haunting quality and the bmxers in the vid are awesome :) falling out of love with someone is horrible.

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Her voice is so melodic. This song is beautiful.

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I think it's about, like what most other people have said, a love (relationship) that has been going on for a long time and it's lost all passion and spark. She feels guilty for wanting to leave, but I think she's also afraid to leave because of the familiarity that he presents. He hasn't done anything wrong, neither has she, and that's the problem.

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and when your dreams are ON a train to trainwreck town

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and when your dreams are on a train to trainwreck town

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This song is a tribute to The Shangri-Las.

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It's also,

"When you've loved so long that the thrill is gone."

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ah right i thought I heard 'that' but thought it didn't gramatically make sense with the rest of the sentence...but couldn't work out what else the rest of the sentence could be... so thanks =)

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I think she's saying...."The Train to train wreck town" too! I was listening to the KCRW version and it's a lot clearer.

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It's about a relationship where the passion is gone, but you still love the person so you can't bear to end it...