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Pretty in Pink

Caroline laughs and it’s raining all day She loves to be one of the girls She lives in the place In the side of our lives
 Where nothing is ever put straight She turns herself round And she smiles and she says “This is it. That's the end of the joke” And loses herself in her dreaming and sleep
 And her lovers walk through in their coats

 Pretty in pink
 Isn't she? 
 Pretty in pink
 Isn't she? 

 A funny thing happens after you graduate from high school and get busy building your career, signing up for mortgages, and starting families.  Somehow the words your parents said, "I just don't understand kids today" come out of your mouth. Somehow your favorite radio station is no longer the one playing the top 40, but one that plays a mix of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.  Somehow the movies and songs you loved as a teenager find their way into your kids lives as "retro".  And, then suddenly, out of nowhere, your baby turns 16. Last weekend, we celebrated Emm