| I might as well be a Japanese exchange student
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| 'Cause people wanna know me right when I show up
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| But then the thrill wears off and then I’m alone
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| Until Beyonce rolls through town and I think
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| That I can call and score a ticket when I can’t
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| 'Cause I don’t know her like you don’t know me
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| It’s a lonely world when it’s all that you see
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| It doesn’t matter if I got a good heart in me
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| This gets lonely
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| I might as well be a Japanese exchange student
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| 'Cause people wanna know me right when I show up
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| But then the thrill wears off and then I’m alone
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| Until Paul McCartney rolls through town
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| And I think that I can get in on the guest list, when I can’t
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| 'Cause I don’t know him like you don’t know me
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| It’s a lonely thing when it’s all that you see
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| It doesn’t matter if I got a good heart in me
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| This gets lonely
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| Last year I got the cover, my phone wouldn’t stop ringing and ringing
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| They called in on my mother and that is saying something
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| Well, maybe it’s been quiet, my phone just picks up dust
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| 'Cause it’s all about who you know and not about if you really know anyone
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| So, hey, be nice to the Japanese exchange students
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| 'Cause people wanna know them right when they show up
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| And they have found yourself in a similar place
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| Where you found you looked around and just saw loads of empty space
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| And you were thinking how
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| You don’t know them like they don’t know you
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| It’s a lonely feeling after all that you do
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| Got a good heart, got a good soul, what must I do to prove it anymore
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| I got friends in high and low places and it’s all the same to me
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| I love the Japanese, I love the Japanese
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| Those from Japan and overseas
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| I love the Japanese, do you love the Japanese?
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| Those from Japan and overseas
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| Those from Japan and overseas like me |