Who originally sang "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"?

The chorus:

This is the story of a girl

Who cried a river and drowned the whole world

And while she looks so sad in photographs

I absolutely love her when she smiles

I've seen versions on YouTube by 3 Doors Down, Nine Days, and even Third Eye Blind, but I don't know who wrote the song, who originally recorded it, and whose version is a mislabelled original.

Thanks!