My two new favorite songs

Saving Jane

"Imperfection"

My hair's a wreck

Mascara runs

My feet get dirty and my skin burns in the sun

My lips, they bleed

But I still sing my songs

Takes me a minute to admit it when I'm wrong

Pretty is as pretty does, but pretty's not my thing...

This is what you get

This is who I am

Take me now or leave me

Any way you can

Sometimes I trip and fall

But I know where I stand

If you're thinking about changing my direction,

Don't mess with imperfection

My back is weak

But my will is true

Got good intentions but I never follow through

And I say too much

Don't know when to leave

In case you're looking, that's my heart there on my sleeve

Ego trips and stupid slipups, I'm a mess but...

This is what you get

This is who I am

Take me now or leave me

Any way you can

Sometimes I trip and fall

But I know where I stand

If you're thinking about changing my direction,

Don't mess with imperfection

Scratched and bruised, a little used, but baby I work fine

You might call me damaged goods, but I'm one of a kind

My hair's a wreck

No, I'm not perfect but I'm not the only one...

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Superchick
"Beauty from Pain"

The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive but I feel like I've died

And all that's left is to accept that it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I'm slipping away

After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today,
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

My whole world is the pain inside me
The best I can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I'll wonder why God lets me walk through this place

And though I can't understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back someday
And see how you've brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames

After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today,
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

Here I am, at the end of me
Tryin to hold to what I can't see
I forgot how to hope
This night's been so long
I cling to Your promise
There will be a dawn

After all this has passed, I still will remain
After I've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today,
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain