Sara Bareilles – She Used To Be Mine Chords

It’s not simple to say, that most days, I don’t recognize me.
That these shoes and this apron, that place and its patrons.
Have taken more than I gave them, it’s not easy to know.
I’m not anything that I used to be although.
It’s true, I was never attention’s sweet center.
I still remember that girl.

She’s imperfect but she tries.
She is good but she lies.
She is hard on herself.
She is broken and won’t ask for help.
She is messy but she’s kind.
She is lonely most of the time.
She is all of this mixed up and.
baked in a beautiful pie.
She is gone but she used to be mine.

And it’s not what I asked for.
Sometimes life just slips in through a backdoor.
and carves out a person and makes you believe it’s all true.
And now I’ve got you, and you’re not what I asked for.
If I’m honest I know I would give it all back, for a chance to start over.
And rewrite an ending or two, for the girl that I knew.

Who’d be reckless just enough.
Who’d get hurt but who learns how to toughen up.
When she’s bruised and gets used, by a man who can’t love.
And then she’ll get stuck, and be scared of the life that’s inside her.
Growing stronger each day, ’til it finally reminds her.
To fight just a little, to bring back the fire in her eyes.
That’s been gone but used to be mine, used to be mine.

She is messy but she’s kind
She is lonely most of the time
She is all of this mixed up
and baked in a beautiful pie
She is gone but she used to be mine