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Holly Humberstone
Fake Plastic Trees

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Holly Humberstone

Fake Plastic Trees

Release date: 30th July 2020

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"Fake Plastic Trees" is a single by Holly Humberstone, released 30th July 2020. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Holly Humberstone.

About the Artist

Holly Humberstone

Holly Humberstone

Lyrics

Fake Plastic Trees

A green plastic watering can
For a fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out

And she lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the '80s
But gravity always wins

And it wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run

And it wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out

And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time
All the time

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Fake Plastic Trees

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Holly Humberstone — Drunk Dialling (from Cruel World)
Holly Humberstone — To Love Somebody (from Cruel World) [3:58]
Holly Humberstone — Blue Dream (from Cruel World)
Holly Humberstone — Peachy (from Cruel World)
Holly Humberstone — Beauty Pageant (from Cruel World)
Holly Humberstone — White Noise (from Cruel World)
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Holly Humberstone — So It Starts... (from Cruel World)
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Holly Humberstone — Kissing In Swimming Pools (from Paint My Bedroom Black) [4:48]
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Holly Humberstone — Lauren (from Paint My Bedroom Black) [2:58]
Holly Humberstone — Baby Blues (from Paint My Bedroom Black) [1:18]
Holly Humberstone — Room Service (from Paint My Bedroom Black) [3:46]
Holly Humberstone — Flatlining (from Paint My Bedroom Black) [3:03]
Holly Humberstone — Superbloodmoon
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Holly Humberstone — Please Don't Leave Just Yet (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [3:50]
Holly Humberstone — Can You Afford To Lose Me? (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [4:03]
Holly Humberstone — Friendly Fire (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [3:43]
Holly Humberstone — The Walls Are Way Too Thin (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [3:42]
Holly Humberstone — Falling Asleep At The Wheel (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [3:23]
Holly Humberstone — Scarlett (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [3:16]
Holly Humberstone — Overkill (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [3:07]
Holly Humberstone — Deep End (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [2:52]
Holly Humberstone — Thursday (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [4:07]
Holly Humberstone — Vanilla (from Can You Afford To Lose Me?) [3:45]
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