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Nice Girl

from Ordinary Things by Sarah Morris

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written by Sarah Morris (Aleksi's Wife Music/SESAC)

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Seems no one wants to hear the truth today.
So l'll just keep on choking back the words that I don't say.
Oh it's important for me to be polite, because you'll like me better if I'm a Nice Girl.

I stood there and I let him dress me down.
Share the list of imperfections that he's found.
Oh he had no trouble telling me how he feels
and he prefers it, when I'm a real Nice Girl.

Nice Girls have big smiles and little laughs
and a head held up but not so high.
keep it light, play it cool, don't let him know how hard I try
to fit into the person that he's looking for,
ignore the fact that I could be so much more than a nice girl.

I cover up the circles underneath my eyes.
Paint lipstick on to make my face look bright.
Doesn't matter what my Mama taught me about the cover of a book.
The world will be a whole lot sweeter to me if I look like a nice girl.

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It's a tried and true tradition of female intuition to use what you got, to get what you want well what I want, what I want is freedom from holding back. Can I have that? Can I have that and still be a nice girl.

With big smiles and little laughs and a head held up high
keep it light but I won't play it cool, and he's gonna notice when i try
I may not always be the person that he's looking for, find the courage to become so much more than a nice girl.

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from Ordinary Things, released September 15, 2015
Sarah Morris - vocals and acoustic guitar
Thomas Nordlund - electric guitar and vocals
Andew Foreman - electric bass, acoustic bass, and vocals
Zachary Schmidt - drums, organ, and vocals
Shane Akers - Dobro

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Sarah Morris Minneapolis, Minnesota

2018 Kerrville New Folk winner Sarah Morris’ endearingly honest, expertly penned songs deliberately miss the forest for the trees. Armed with a poignantly relatable rainy day ache in her sunlit voice, she weaves a winding path of masterful storytelling and timeless Americana melody that invites audiences to join her in celebrating the magic of our everyday minutia. ... more

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