sweet pretty things set out in motion    painted to doll and sleek with grace    the city has no real need to be nervous it's seen it all before    measured out life in lipstick and lashes    it's easy when you've been given such charms    tease a little smile, pull back your hair    toss around, walk around, act like you care    it's built in girls so naturally    built in girls and it's all that they'll ever need    just turn around and tell me you love me    spit out the words that you'll make sincere    there is no time for decisions or countless revisions    i've heard them all before    so don't pretend to be so true when you got him coming through    when everything you wanted has turned to nothing more    don't say i never warned you, it's well known    something has been happening here for years    i'm not worried – i can always come back crawling to you    begging for forgiveness in the honest degrees    talking through some circles with the greatest of ease    these are the assumptions and these are the times