Released on September 18, 1989

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[Verse 1]

All in my mind, but there's no shaking

Scary sad things out of my mind

Always on time, but there's no time

To bring the scary sad girl back to life

None in her heart

Some of the things she did seemed almost nice

I can't stop the blush when things aren't right

And I'm too scary sad to cry


[Chorus 1]

Feel it so strong

But she's done it so wrong

All those scary sad things

Those scary sad things


[Verse 2]

Every time she slit her wrists

I wish she'd hit instead of missed

Every secret family crime

All my love a waste of time

Every doctor, every shrink

Every bloody bathroom sink

All the filth we tried to hide

Just a face I needed to be beside


[Chorus 2]

Scary sad girl

Leave my happy love world

All those scary sad things

What any love brings


[Bridge]

And every girl that I ever hated

Was just a monster that I created

Maybe if I close my eyes real tight

Then the scary sad things will go away

And I'll quit living in yesterday

I'll just smile and laugh at all the scary sad things you put me through

That you put me through


[Verse 3]

None of the doctors could find a cure

Just a scary sad girl in a scary sad world

None of the shrinks could make her think

About anybody else but her

I wanna go home

I want my mom to make the bad things go away

I wanna forget I could ever let

Any scary sad girl treat me that way


[Chorus 3]

Feel it so strong

But she's done it so wrong

All those scary sad things

Those scary sad things

Truth comes out in dreams at night

But she's done it so right

All those scary sad things

Those scary sad things