Raphina

I've read the letters on the schoolyard walls

I've seen the drawings on the bathroom stalls

I've played the expert; I've played the fool

I've worn the rumors like a sweater, so cool

And I'm trying to picture what you want me to be, mmm

I never wanted to need you the way that you needed me, mmm

I think I'm falling down; will you be there to catch me?

I'm coming back into town; why don't you meet me at Sing Street?

I take off my lipstick in my bedroom mirror

And I listen to a song from your record

And dig my fist against the start of the tears

You know you're not my eureka

Nothing's ever sudden with me

I hope I'm not your Raphina

'Cause I'm not a model, you see

And I'm trying to picture what you want me to be, mmm

I never wanted to need you the way that you needed me, mmm

I think I'm falling down; will you be there to catch me?

I'm coming back into town; why don't you meet me at Sing Street?

And now I'm running away

'Cause I don't wanna hurt you

You wouldn't want me to stay

I guess I couldn't desert you

And now I'm running away

'Cause I don't wanna hurt you

You wouldn't want me to stay

I guess I couldn't desert you

And I'm trying to picture what you want me to be, mmm

I never wanted to need you the way that you needed me, mmm

I think I'm falling down; will you be there to catch me?

I'm coming back into town; why don't you meet me at Sing Street?