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Rare (Demo)

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Rare (Demo) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Baby
You've been so distant from me lately
And lately
Don't even wanna call you "baby"

[Pre-Chorus]
Saw us getting older
Burning toast in the toaster
My ambitions were too high
Waiting up for you upstairs
Why you act like I'm not there?
Baby, right now it feels like

[Chorus]
It feels like you don't care
Why don't you recognize I'm so rare?
Always there
You don't do the same for me
That's not fair

[Post-Chorus]
I don't have it all
I'm not claiming to
But I know that I'm special, yeah
And I bet there's somebody else out there
To tell me I'm rare
To make me feel rare (Yeah, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Baby
Don't make me count up all the reasons to stay with you
No reason
Why you and I are not succeeding?
Uh uh, uh uh, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
Saw us getting older (Uh-huh)
Burning toast in the toaster (Ah-ooh-ah)
My ambitions were too high (Too high)
Waiting up for you upstairs (Upstairs)
Why you act like I'm not there? (Ah-ooh-ah)
Baby, right now it feels like (Yeah)

[Chorus]
It feels like you don't care
Why don't you recognize I'm so rare?
Always there
You don't do the same for me
That's not fair

[Post-Chorus]
I don't have it all
I'm not claiming to
But I know that I'm special (I'm special), yeah
And I bet there's somebody else out there
To tell me I'm rare
To make me feel rare (Yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
I'm not gonna beg for you (Uh-huh)
Not gonna let you make me cry (Uh-huh, no, no) (Make me cry)
Not getting enough from you (Uh-huh)
Someday you'll know I'm hard to find (Uh-huh, no, no) (Hard to find, yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]
Saw us getting older
Burning toast in the toaster
My ambitions were too high
Waiting up for you upstairs
Why you act like I'm not there?
Baby, right now it feels like

[Chorus]
It feels like you don't care (You don't, you don't)
Why don't you recognize I'm so rare? (I'm so rare, baby)
Always there (Yeah-ah)
You don't do the same for me
That's (That's) not (Not) fair

[Post-Chorus]
I don't have it all (I don't have it all)
I'm not claiming to (I'm not claiming to)
But I know that I'm special, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
And I bet there's somebody else (Else) out (Out) there
To tell me I'm rare
To make me feel rare (Yeah, yeah)
[Outro]
Ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah, ah, ah

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Charli XCX recorded ‘'Rare’‘ in 2017 when her label was allegedly forcing her to record songs by other songwriters that she didn’t write. The song was pitched to more artists such as Madison Beer and Selena Gomez, with Gomez releasing the song in 2020 and making it the title track of her album.

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2021
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