Intro:
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La la, la la
You were the popular one, the popular chick
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It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish
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Standing on the field with your pretty pompoms
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Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn
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I could have been a mess but I never went wrong
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'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song
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I said I'm putting down my story in a popular song
Chorus:
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My problem, I never was a model,
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I never was a scholar,
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But you were always popular,
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You were singing all the songs I don't know
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Now you're in the front row
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'Cause my song is popular
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Popular, I know about popular
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It's not about who you are or your fancy car
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You're only ever who you were
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Popular, I know about popular
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And all that you have to do is be true to you
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That's all you ever need to know
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Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
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Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
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Always on the lookout for someone to hate,
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Picking on me like a dinner plate
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You hid during classes, and in between them
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Dunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them
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You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do
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It ain't so funny when the joke's on you
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Ooh, the joke's on you
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Got everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking,
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"How come you look so cool?"
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'Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school, boy -uh huh-
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I said, that's the only thing I've learned at school
Chorus:
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My problem, I never was a model,
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I never was a scholar,
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But you were always popular,
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You were singing all the songs I don't know
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Now you're in the front row
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'Cause my song is popular
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Popular, I know about popular
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It's not about who you are or your fancy car
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You're only ever who you were
Bb Ab Eb
Popular, I know about popular
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And all that you have to do is be true to you
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That's all you ever need to know
Bb Ab Eb
Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
Bb Ab Eb
Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go
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It's all you ever need to know
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You're only ever who you were
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It's all you ever need to know
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You're only ever who you were
-It's all you ever need to know-
It's all you ever need to know
Popular, I know about popular
It's not about who you are or your fancy car
You're only ever who you were
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Popular, I know about popular
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It's not about who you are or your fancy car
Bb Ab Eb
You're only ever who you were
Bb Ab Eb
Popular, I know about popular
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And all that you have to do is be true to you
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That's all you ever need to know