Alanis Morissette

Songwriter: Guy Sigsworth Alanis Morissette

Producer: Guy Sigsworth Joe Chiccarelli

[Verse 1]
I didn't know how to ask unawkwardly
I didn't know how to approach it
I haven't known how to do this informally
Not cut out for dropping masks

[Chorus]
I guess I give, and you give back
Is that right?
Guess I listen and you feedback
Is that right
I guess I call when I need help
Is that right?
Will you be my girlfriend?

[Verse 2]
I haven't worn my heart on sleeves and been rewarded
With an open heartedness
I haven't felt I had the right to be supported
With a golden tenderness

[Chorus]
I guess I risk and you risk back
Is that right?
I guess I share and you share back
Is that right?
Guess I uplift you when you crack
Is that right?
Will you be my girlfriend?

[Verse 3]
Can I lean on your shoulder?
Will you join me in some pact?
Will you see me as your sister?
Can we love enough to offer that?
I guess I thought that you would laugh and be daunted
And think me clingy and too much
I thought this much too vulnerable, and you'd not cut me slack
And think me intolerable

[Chorus]
I guess I fall and you stay intact
Is that right?
I guess you hear me and won't attack me
Is that right?
Guess I reach out and you reach back
Is that right?
Will you be my girlfriend?

[Outro]
Guess I divulge and you wink back
Is that right?
I guess you cry I pet your back
Is that right?
I guess I text and you text back
Is that right?
Will you be my girlfriend?

Alanis Nadine Morissette was born on June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada. At age 6, she began taking piano lessons, and by the time she was 9, she was writing her own songs.

When she was 11, Morissette joined the cast of a Nickelodeon children’s show called You Can’t Do That on Television, and saved up her earnings. In 1987, she used them to self-release her first track, “Fate Stay With Me.” The song caught the attention of record label MCA Canada; at age 14, Morissette signed a contract with the company. She released a self-titled album, Alanis, in 1991, which went platinum. Quickly following up the success of her first album, Morissette released Now Is The Time a year later, though it did not reach the same level of popularity.

In 1994 Morissette moved to Los Angeles teamed up with industry veteran Glen Ballard, and she began to approach songwriting more organically.

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