Try - Colbie Caillat

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Put your make up on. Get your nails done. Curl your hair. Run the extra mile. Keep it slim. So they like you. Do they like you?

Get your sexy on. Don't be shy, girl. Take it off. This is what you want, to belon. So they like you. Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard. You don't have to give it all away. You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up. You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try. You don't have to try

Oh

Get your shopping on, At the mall, Max your credit cards. You don't have to choose. Buy it all. So they like you. Do they like you?

Wait a second, Why should you care, what they think of you. When you're all alone, by yourself. Do you like you? Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard. You don't have to give it all away. You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up. You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try so hard. You don't have to bend until you break. You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up. You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try

You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try. You don't have to try

No
Oh

You don't have to try so hard. You don't have to give it all away. You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up. You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try, try, try, try. You don't have to try. You don't have to try

Take your make up off. Let your hair down. Take a breath. Look into the mirror, at yourself. Don't you like you?. Cause I like you
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Hun het Amalie. Amalie Stjern. Jeg så henne hver eneste dag, hun var skolens største hore, hadde ligget med de fleste allerede. Alikevel interesserte hun meg, ikke kroppen hennes, men personligheten. Hun var så spesiell, det var noe spesielt med henne, noe jeg ikke kunne forklare, jeg ble trukket mot henne, hadde ingen motstandsevner.

"Hei Amalie", sa jeg og smilte til henne

Hun smilte flørtete. "Hei Fredrik", sa hun på utpust.

"Har du noen å gå med på ballet?", spurte jeg forlegent. Jeg håpet inderlig hun sa nei.

"Nei, skal du gå med Johanna?"

Johanna og jeg hadde holdt på en stund nå, men jeg begynte å gå lei av henne, hun var så overfladisk. Alt hun tenkte på var kropp og utseende, man kunne ikke snakke om dypere ting med henne. Dessuten var hun slem, hun mobbet alle og følte seg bedre enn dem. Selvsagt var jeg ikke sikker på om man kunne snakke med Amalie heller, kall det en magefølelse.

"Neei, jeg har mer lyst til å gå med deg"

"Hvorfor?", sa hun hovent.

"Hæ?", svarte jeg forvirret

"Hvorfor vil du gå med meg? For å få et ligg?", sa hun og himlet med øyene.

"Nei Amalie! Ikke sånn... Jeg vil gå med deg, helt ærlig"

Hun så på meg, mistroisk. Jeg tok tak i hånden hennes. "Jeg vil virkelig bli kjent med deg Amalie. Jeg er ikke bare ute etter et ligg", jeg slo oppgitt ut med armene.

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