Janis Ian — Perfect Little Girl

[Verse 1] Pretend that you’re a girl For the rest of your life Pretend it for the world Though you know it isn’t right If life’s a fairy tale You can play your role and be Be a perfect little girl For all the world to see [Chorus] But there’s a sacred place inside And it’s a place you just can’t hide If this whole wide world would only see They’d know you tried to be A perfect little girl [Verse 2] Pretend it’s all a dream And one day you’ll wake inside To be somewhere in-between Where you left, and you arrived And you’ll know that dreams come true ‘Cause it’s happening to you Like a redbird finds the spring You will find your season, too [Chorus] ‘Cause there’s a sacred place inside And it’s a place you just can’t hide If this whole wide world could see They’d know you tried to be A perfect little girl [Bridge] Blame it on the sun Blame it on the moon Blame it on the stars that shine The same on me as you [Chorus] ‘Cause there’s a sacred place inside And it’s a place I just can’t hide If the world could see inside of me They’d know I tried to be A perfect little girl Perfect little girl Perfect little girl