My hair’s not holding
My lashes not lifting
My brows not browing
and Dad’s outside my room
“hurry on, will ya”
He doesn’t understand
I’m a young woman
Who needs her own time
to finish her own stuff
for herself
so she can feel pretty
for herself
My lashes not lifting
My brows not browing
and Dad’s outside my room
“hurry on, will ya”
He doesn’t understand
I’m a young woman
Who needs her own time
to finish her own stuff
for herself
so she can feel pretty
for herself
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