Looked Good On Paper chords by 
Christine Lavin 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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He looked
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good on pa per,
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a wonderful life
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Ivy
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League law yer, an
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League wife
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Big house in
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As pen and in
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East
Hampton too
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Ten room apartment,
West
End
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Avenue
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You may be thinking,
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where's the story in this?
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Well, you see,
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she was drinking the first time they kissed.
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The evening was foggy,
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but the morning was clear.
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She woke up groggy, thinking,
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what am I doing here?
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She should not have walked away.
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She should have run .
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But he asked her to stay.
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She thought she was the lucky one.
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He was misunderstood by
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everyone around him.
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As they grew closer,
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she inched out on that limb
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Distrac ted by sil ver, dazzled by gold
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She touched many thing s she
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thought she could never hold
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A guest at the table,
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she was just passing through
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Your per spective gets twisted
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when this happens to you
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The years slid by quickly, till she woke up one day,
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her heart was tender, you can't keep
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living this way, she pressed for an an swer,
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looked deep in his eyes, she knew she was
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the only one, he did not tell lies
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So he says, please be pa tient,
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these changes take time
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As he uncork s another bottle of wine
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She ad mires the bou quet,
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then takes a long sip
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Makes plans for their next
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clandes tine trip
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He tells her he loves her,
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squeezes her hand
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But he's got to go home now
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She understand s.
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She stares out the win dow,
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sees the cab pull away.
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She want s to go with him, but
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that won't happen today.
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And it won't happen tomor row,
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or the day after that.
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He's con tent with the setup.
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He plans to stand pat.
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But he throws her a bone
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whenever she cries.
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And he adds her to the list of
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those he tell s lies.
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But it's never too late
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to reclaim your soul
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Even when mis guided
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love has taken its toll
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He did not believe her when
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she said goodbye
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He wanted to stop her,
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but he was too proud to try
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She's on her own now,
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on the surface
she's fine
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But in a weak mo ment,
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she reflect s on that
time
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He ap pears in her dream
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s and she wakes up
in tears
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The lonely sound of
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her heartbeat taps in to
deep fears
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She keeps on moving,
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recon nects with old
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friends while he is taken up with a young
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thing again who's im pressed with
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his money and his station in life and doesn't
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care at all about you know the
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wife this story's played over thou sands
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of times we hear warning bell s we see
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danger signs we think we are differ ent
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then we end up the same you must look in
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If you're looking for a plane,
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he'd look good on pa per
A wonderful life, an
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Ivy
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League law yer, an
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Ivy
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League wife
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A big house, an
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Aspen, and an
East
Hampton too
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Cm
Ten -room apartment,
West
End
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Aven ue
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You may be thinking,
where's the story in this?
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I ad mit, I was drinking the
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first time we kissed
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The evening was foggy,
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but the morning was clear
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I woke up groggy thinking,
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what am I doing here?
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What am I doing here?
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What am I doing here?
Outro 1
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ChordsD A E F#m Bm...
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F#m
Bm
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C#m
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Bb
Gm
Cm
Capo: 2
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