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The Alien Girl of the Third Planet from the Sun


Did you hear About the girl Who’s nothing like us? Of course! Who could forget those ugly running sneakers Those long-sleeved shirts Those tattered jeans? Everybody knows About that girl Who plays piano and reads books Instead of flirting it up In tiny skirts and tight shirts And partying all night Till the crack of dawn. All the guys know About that weird girl With her ugly-looking face And her odd language Of big words That nobody understands. All the girls know About her That conceited bitch Who thinks she’s all that Just because she reads all dem books And gets A’s in all her classes And who never sits next to anybody at lunch ‘Cause she thinks she’s so cool. Do you know About the girl Who doesn’t have a single friend ‘Cause she’s too smart Too weird Too different Too ugly Too plain Too everything? Do you know About the girl Who’d give anything to be normal Who’d give anything to be accepted Give anything…to be human? Do you know About the alien girl of the third planet from the Sun?
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