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[Verse 1: Jake] Mary packed her bags and left home on a Christmas Eve For sea soaked skies and dashing lads with cars An actress orphaned by the social constructs of her art school A victim of their esoteric rule So pretentious that she almost thought it cool But all you'd hear is [Chorus: All] La, la la la la La la la la la, la la La, la la la la La la la la la, la la [Verse 2: Jake] Purpose was a vague ideal that she would always talk on Till she fell in love with the salesman from TV Yeah, she fell in love with a salesman from TV While all of Hollywood sang [Chorus: All] La, la la la la La la la la la, la la La, la la la la La la la la la, la la [Interlude: Jake] Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) Poems (poems) [Bridge: Jake, Jake & Nathan] Pearly, pretty prize, and a ribbon box of sighs In a collared shirt She thought it wouldn't hurt Certain love of mine with the palest blue eyes In her collared shirt I thought it couldn't hurt Wood flavored kiss taste the concrete of this It really fucked with me, it really fucked with me California eyes are a death wise from design You really fucked with me [Outro: Jake, All] La, la la la la La la la la la, la la La, la la la la La la la la la, la la La, la la la la La la la la la, la la La, la la la la La la la la la, la la