This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles

How many days in a year
She woke up with hope
But she only found tears
And I can be so insincere
Makin' the promises never for real
As long as she stands there waitin'
Wearin the holes in the soles of her shoes
How many days disappear
You look in the mirror
So how do you choose

Your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles

How many lovers would stay
Just to put up with this s**t day after day
How did we wind up this way
Watchin' the mouths for the words that we say
As long as we stand here waitin
Wearin' the clothes of the souls that we choose
How do we get there today
When we're walkin to far for the price of our shoes

Your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad and lonely there
I absolutely love her
When she smiles

(Instrumental)

Well your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her

This is the story of a girl
Her pretty face she hid from the world
And while she looks so sad and lonely there
I absolutely love her

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles

When she smiles