California Paper Doll

from Paper Doll by Jonesing

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Feeling out of place amongst the hype and riches LA at the start of 2020, I blurted out "I don't want to die in California" when my friend Mark jaywalked boldly across Hollywood Blvd. I was too scared to drive on the highways as my subconscious, overloaded by the reverse traffic, was screaming at me that we were going to die. I began to wonder if I play it too safe, if I'd be somewhere else by now if I took more risks...
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I found out too late
Just indicate
That would be great
That would be great

No numberplate
Private estate
I can’t relate
I can’t relate

I am a paper doll
And I'm not cut out for this
I am a paper doll
And I'm not cut out for this

I don’t wanna die
I don’t wanna die in California
Every day’s a ride
Don’t say I didn’t warn ya
I’m blinded by the lights
By the lights of California
I don’t wanna die
I don’t wanna die in California

I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna die

Goody two shoes
Don’t make the news
Nothing to loose
Nothing to prove

Split me in two
Take half with you
Don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose

I am a paper doll
And I'm not cut out for this
I am a paper doll
Not cut out for this

I don’t wanna die
I don’t wanna die in California
Every day’s a ride
Don’t say I didn’t warn ya
I’m blinded by the lights
By the lights of California
I don’t wanna die
I don’t wanna die in California

I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna die

If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives
It makes us feel as though our hard work
Ain’t been in vain, ain’t been in vain, ain’t been

I am a paper doll
And I'm not cut out for this
I am a paper doll
I am not cut out for this

I don’t wanna die
I don’t wanna die in California
Every day’s a ride
Don’t say I didn’t warn ya
I’m blinded by the lights
By the lights of California
I don’t wanna die
I don’t wanna die in California

I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna die

I don't wanna die in California
California

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from Paper Doll, released April 28, 2021

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Jonesing Melbourne, Australia

Ascend to Jonesing’s airy world of silky-voiced electropop. Self-produced and written, her songs are cooled with classically- trained vocals and warmed by earthy textures, strings and synths. After launching her debut EP Paper Doll in 2021 (formerly Rosie Jones) she’s matured her sound into a purer expression of her Celtic and European background. ... more

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