burn the books they´ve got too many names and psychoses
all this incriminating evidence would surely haunt me
if someone broke into my house
suits in the living room
do you realize guys I was born in 1974
we´ve got someone here to explain your publishing
we know how much you love to be in front of audiences
hopeful you are
schoolbound you are
naive you are
driven you are
take a trip to new york with your guardian
and your fake identification
when they said is there something anything
you´d like to know young lady?
you said yes i´d like to know what kind of people
i´ll be dealing with
precocious you are
headstrong you are
terrified you are
ahead of your time you are
don´t mind our staring but
we´re surprised you´re not in a far-gone asylum
we´re surprised you didn´t crack up
lord knows that we would´ve
we would´ve liked to have been there
but you keep pushing us away
resilient you are
big time you are
ruthless you are
precious you are


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UR Lyrics as written by Glen Ballard Alanis Morissette

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    i love this song its just sonically nice. its nice to listen to.

    i also think its about herself. one thing i find funny about this song is that instead of saying "you are... ___" she says it backwards. it just reminds me of yoda. lol

    mlfm256on April 21, 2008   Link

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