Pretend that you're a girl For the rest of your life Pretend it for the world Though you know it isn't right If life's a fairy tale You can play your role and be Be a perfect little girl For all the world to see But there's a secret place inside And it's a place you just can't hide If this whole wide world would only see They'd know you tried to be A perfect little girl ♪ Pretend it's all a dream And one day you'll wake inside To be somewhere in between Where you left and you arrived And you'll know that dreams come true 'Cause it's happening to you Like a redbird finds the spring You will find your season too 'Cause there's a secret place inside And it's a place you just can't hide If this whole wide world would only see They'd know you tried to be A perfect little girl Blame it on the sun Blame it on the moon Blame it on the stars that shine The same on me as you 'Cause there's a sacred place inside And it's a place I just can't hide If the world could see inside of me They'd know I tried to be A perfect little girl A perfect little girl Perfect little girl