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Paper Hearts / Paper Friends is one of the only songs on the album that has, more or less, been in the same shape since I originally recorded it. The intro has shifted a bit, and the transitions have changed form a few times, but the song itself is basically what I recorded back in December of 2011.

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Cardboard girls and clothes with tags

Body parts in plastic bags

Paper dolls are made to lend

But I thought that you were mine, my friend



You're in tatters every day

But paper bends, and that's okay

Flesh is warm, and hairs will curl

But nothing compares to a paper girl



I want a girl with paper parts

Bristol lips and a foolscap heart

I want a girl with a cardboard smile

Tissue tongue and newsprint guile



Cut a little bit away

Don't like the way you fit today

This dress-up game, it's always the same

You're torn apart when I want to play



I've got cuts on all my fingers

From the times I played with you

Paper cuts from paper memories

Paper money, too



Paper dolls are made to lend

Paper girls who play pretend

Paper planes until the end

Paper hearts and paper friends



I want a girl with paper parts

Bristol lips and a foolscap heart

I want a girl with a cardboard smile

Tissue tongue and newsprint guile

credits



Written, recorded, and produced by Ian Marquis. from Faces from the Static , released July 1, 2013Written, recorded, and produced by Ian Marquis.

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