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Carmen

Olivia Dean

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Carmen

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First time on a planeEighteen, you cameYou found a door and held it openNo way to know how to make a homeIn someone else's motherlandYou transplanted a family treeAnd a part of it grew into meYou're stronger than I'II ever beNever got a jubileeI'll throw it for you, Carmen, CarmenI willThe only place I wanna standHolding on to grandma's handsLet them adore you, Carmen, CarmenI willCarmen, CarmenLook at all the trouble that you madeCarved your initials in this islandBut the Weetabix don't taste the sameAnd we're all talking to our phonesBut you reigned over a family treeAnd I'll carefully carry the seedsYou're stronger than I'll ever beNever got a jubileeI'll throw it for you, Carmen, CarmenI willThe only place I wanna standHolding on to grandma's handsLet them adore you, Carmen, CarmenI willCarmen, Carmen, CarmenI willYou're stronger than I'll ever beNever got a jubileeI'll throw it for you, Carmen, CarmenI willThe only place I wanna standHolding on to grandma's handsLet them adore you, Carmen, CarmenI will (Mm)Carmen, CarmenI'm still (I will)Carmen (I will)I will (I will, I will)(Carmen, Carmen) Carmen, CarmenI'm still, I'm still, ohCarmenCarmen, Carmen, CarmenCarmenStronger than l'Il ever be (Carmen)(Carmen, Carmen, Carmen, Carmen)Only place I wanna stand (Carmen)Carmen, Carmen, Carmen, mmCarmen, Carmen, I'm stillCarmenI willCarmen, CarmenI'm still, I'm still, oh
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