"shadow of a doubt (a complex kid)"

By tom petty

Copyright © 1979 skyhill publishing co., inc. (bmi)

All rights reserved. used by permission.



There goes my baby, there goes my only one.

I think she loves me, but she don't wanna let on.

Yeah, she likes to keep me guessin',

She's got me on the fence with that little bit of mystery,

She's a complex kid and she's always been so hard to figure out.

Yeah, she always likes to leave me with a shadow of a doubt.



Sometimes at night i wait around 'til she gets off.

She don't like workin', she says she hates her boss,

But she's got me askin' questions, she's got me on the fence

With that little certain something, she's a complex kid,

And she's always been so hard to get around.

She always likes to leave me with a shadow of a doubt.



Just a shadow of a doubt, she says it keeps me runnin'.

I'm trying to figure out if she's leadin' up to something

And when she's dreamin', sometimes she sings in french,

But in the morning, she don't remember it.



But she's got me thinking 'bout it,

Yeah, she's got me on the fence

With that little bit of mystery, she's a complex kid,

And she's always been so hard to live without.

Yeah, she always likes to leave me, with a shadow of a doubt.


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