{"id":110,"date":"2006-01-02T04:02:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-02T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=110"},"modified":"2015-11-01T23:17:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T07:17:20","slug":"just-like-a-china-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2006\/01\/02\/just-like-a-china-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Like a China Doll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Just<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There’s always one guy who holds out… who thinks he’s too smart to fall for the latest girl or the latest drug. He laughs at all his friends when they make fools of themselves — or worse — and he swears it will never happen to him.<\/p>\n

But whether it’s for a bottle blonde with a dangerous aggenda or a pipe full of something really wrong — this guy may be the last to fall but he’s going to <\/span>fall and he’s going to fall the farthest.<\/p>\n

I took the idea for the chorus from the street term, doll eyes,<\/em> the dull, lifeless eyes of someone under a big load of sleepytime drugs like heroin or barbiturates.<\/p>\n\n

Just Like a China Doll<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

She’s got eyes <\/span>
\njust like a china doll<\/span>
\nThey look painted on<\/span>
\nand yet they’ve seen it all<\/span><\/p>\n

All around Long Beach
\nand all the way to LA
\nthe shattered lives are scattered
\nthe hearts are spiked up on staves
\n— From the Ocean to the mountains
\nfrom the birthplace to the grave
\nOnce you behold her
\nnothing will ever be the same<\/p>\n

She’s got eyes <\/span>
\n just like a china doll<\/span>
\n They look painted on<\/span>
\n and yet they’ve seen it all<\/span><\/p>\n

Everywhere you go
\neverythings about the same
\nthey wander around dazed
\njust barely whispering her name
\n— They walk in front of buses
\nthey throw themselves under trains
\nbut the sick smile on their faces
\nshow those sorry saps are still glad she came<\/p>\n

[bridge<\/span>]
\nwell I looked into her eyes<\/span>
\n and I saw my life flash by<\/span>
\n Now I wake up screaming <\/span>
\n every\u00a0night dreaming\u00a0doll’s eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

I looked into the void<\/span>
\n and I saw myself fall in<\/span>
\n i see it every time<\/span>
\n i see it in her eyes<\/span>
\n t’s always been<\/span><\/p>\n

Here I stand the last man to fall
\nunder her spell
\na moment close to heaven
\nan ice age on the cold side of hell
\nand how can I face F# ~ E ~ \/ Bm D A E<\/span>
\nthe other lost souls I find
\nWhen I laughed at all of them and then now
\nhere am I the last in line<\/p>\n

She’s got eyes <\/span>
\n just like a china doll<\/span>
\n They look painted on<\/span>
\n and yet they’ve seen it all<\/span><\/p>\n

(C)1997, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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