She might
break with just a touch,
burst into tears over nothing much.
A delicate girl, an unusual case,
a delicate girl with a china face.
All through the evening,
I tried to find the words to
say goodbye
Conflicting feelings, tangling up my mind
Her sad dark eyes looked into mine
Her sad dark eyes looked
deep into mine
And there she sat in her perfect hat,
she had a way of dressing
up like that
Buttoned down blouse with a trim of lace,
the delicate girl with the China face
Come the next morning,
I tried yet again to say goodbye
Through the days of April,
on into May and June, and then July
The time slipped by,
through May and June, and then July
Well it's long and complicated,
so long and complicated
And I'm trying to know
where the story's gonna go
But it's just not clear to see
When she smiled,
my resolve was long gone
When I tried to tell her so long
I had no words to say
Couldn't walk away
My heart got the best of me
Things I say take me by surprise,
I can't stand to see tears in her eyes.
She's buzzin' around,
fixin' up the place,
the delicate girl with a china face.
Seems I can hardly keep
my eyes away
when she's around.
But with her emotions
always on her sleep
What kind of trouble have I found?
What kinds of trouble have
I found?
Now it's long and complicated
So long and complicated
It could take many years
Drying all those tears
Is that where I wanna be?
Sometimes I wanna be her protector
Then the next day I wanna reject her
She's al luring and fine
She said she was mine
My heart got the best of me
Standing at the altar,
watching the scene unfold
before me now
Inflicting feelings,
tangling up my mind
Her sad dark eyes look into mine
Her sad dark eyes look
deep into mine
Well it's long and complicated
So long and complicated
I'm trying to know where
the story's gonna go
But it's just not clear to see
When she smiles my resolve is long gone
When I tried to tell her so long,
I had no words to say
Couldn't walk away,
my heart got the best of
me
Ah, ah
Ah, ah
Ah, ah
Ah, ah
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