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“I was sixteen when suddenlyI wasn't that little girl you used to see.But your eyes still shined like pretty lights,And our daddies used to joke about the two of us.They never believed we'd really fall in love.And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyesAnd said oh my my my...”

— Taylor Swift

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I was sixteen when suddenlyI wasn't that little girl you used to see.But your eyes still shined like pretty lights,And our daddies used to joke about the two of us.They never believed we'd really fall in love.And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyesAnd said oh my my my... Citation: Mary's Song (Oh My My My), written by Taylor Swift, Liz Rose, and Brian Maher. Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift (CC BY-SA)
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