My Most Beautiful Mistake

She was a part-time waitress with a dream of greatness
 That nobody knew of or even suspected
 Though it was sometimes reflected in the slant of a mirror
 It was buried so deep and so dear
 She caught the eye of a guy passing by who said
 "My, if I prove to be faithless, you'll surely know why
 Oh, why?
 You'll probably know why"
 Then again you may say
 "Mister, you've got a nerve
 Most of us never get just what we deserve
 I'll smile sweetly
 I'm here at your service"
 And the camera walks us through into a sunlit room
 Where a one-hit wonder lives
 And he says, "Action" and, "That's a take"
 You are my most beautiful mistake
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 It's not your reputation I'm trying to besmirch
 I'm here undercover, I'm writing this screenplay
 You might be my inspiration, it's beyond my control
 So, it's my soulful and wounded expression, that you'd like to console?
 There's a hand that lingers a little too long
 There are lies you will hear, that they're singing right now
 Right here, right here in this song
 And the lens pulls the focus on his magnum opus
 He's a one-hit wonder kid
 And he says, "Action" and, "That's a take"
 You are my most beautiful mistake
 He made a portrait of her face out of burnt out matches
 She said, "The trouble is, Sunshine, I know what the catch is
 You'll offer me nothing, you'll offer me riches
 I've seen your kind before in courtroom sketches"
 From the booth in the corner
 From a different perspective
 Where a man plays the fool or a private detective
 He wrote her name out in sugar on a Formica counter
 "You could be the game that captures the hunter"
 Then he went out for cigarettes
 As the soundtrack played The Marvelettes (woo)
 Let me check the script
 Check the continuity
 You'll be up on that screen for eternity
 The billboard will spit
 "That look! That's it!"
 Take a little pill and you will get over it
 The light will hit you if you drop that hint
 Now "Cut" and "Print"
 And the camera walks us through into a low-lit room
 Where a one-hit wonder lives
 And he says, "Action" and "That's a take"
 You are my most beautiful mistake
 She left a tip in the jar and a note at the door
 It said, "I'm going away, I won't be back anymore
 If the call should come later to commute my sentence"
 Dance a little jig for my repentance"
 Dance a little jig for my repentance
 Dance a little jig for my repentance