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Under the Gun
03:18
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Sooner or later our love will fall
taken apart by my wrecking ball
All the way
Oh the way it'll tear us down
Sooner or later you'll leave me be
Cause I've got a pistol that's over me
All the way
Oh the way it'll tear us down
Under the Gun.
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We'll Take Our Time
02:55
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Oh
We'll take our time today
Cause the love we share just can't be taken seriously
Oh
We've heard it all before
but it doesn't stop us from letting love in our door
Give me one more chance
to take you by the pants
Oh
Come sit with me awhile
Cause your parents, they're not home
and you know that I'll make you smile
Oh
We've got some time to kill
and no matter what they do to us
we won't sit still.
Give me one more chance
to take you by the pants
I've waited far too long
don't you know, you feel like heaven
the stars come crashing down
but I care none
you feel like heaven.
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Gone Too Soon
03:44
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If there's one thing that I'd ask of you
I would want to hold your face near
The winter months, they crawl on past me here
I don't even know your name
It's always colder in your house, my love
the smell of you just makes me sad
You look so angry when you sleep, my dear
I just want to ease the pain
Gone too soon, I just need to be loved
by all of you
i just need to be... Loved.
Because we will never meet, face to face
Only when your eyes are closed
Can you feel my love for you, my dear?
Feel my breath upon your neck
Gone too soon, I just need to be loved
by all of you
i just need to be... Loved.
If heaven weren't so close I'd be waiting all my life for you
Oh the things you'll never know, I'll just waste my lonely time with you.
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The State I'm In
03:41
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I know it's hard to know what to do
To know how to act with you
Seein how other folks just line up and take your punishin
baby, we're rotten to the core
what you got, i'm needed more
I'm awake every night thinking...
Oh well the shame the state I'm in
maybe there's someway back again
I don't need permission
You open up and I'll reach in
Without you, I can't breath
I don't know how to leave
It's late, the conversation's died down
And we're just sittin close
I'm tellin ya, baby, we're rotten to the core
what you got, i'm needed more
I'm awake every night thinking...
Oh well the shame the state I'm in
maybe there's someway back again
I don't need permission
You open up and I'll reach in
all I need is someone to call my own
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The Thrill
03:13
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hey little girl when you gonna stop from cryin?
cause i dont care anymore - what youre cryin is for
i never thought that we'd just end up dying
but it don't matter to me, what you're heart-ache may be
why go on when the thrill of living has gone?
hey little boy, don't you think i see you eyeing?
but i don't care anymore, you can go for you're score
i never thought someone could be so conniving
but it don't matter to me, who the fuck you see.
why go on when the thrill of living has gone?
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All good things never last
Now my heart is broken
Half my life is in the past
How have I been taken?
How have I been taken?
All that I ask is you don't turn your back on me yet
Cause I'm falling fast and I can't get you out of my head
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8. |
Back Stabber
03:07
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I'm talkin to your boyfriend
and you know we're laughin
Oh it's something that you'll never get
So you're holdin on to his hand
but for mine you're reachin
Oh it's somethin that you'll never get
oh!
You got your dagger boys to strike, so what else is new?
I've got you in sight
Back Stabber
So you're rollin in your money
but it doesn't make you happy
Oh it's something you might never get
oh.
Can't you see it's in your nature?
and there's nothing that'll change you?
Oh it's something that you'll always have
You got your dagger boys to strike, so what else is new?
I've got you in sight
Back Stabber
You're acting like the goose who ate her golden egg
I've got to say you're in my favor
Don't tell me again (tell me again)
Even though i know it's been awhile
Don't tell me again (tell me again)
baby, I know it's not your style
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Someone Like You
02:38
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I knew someone like you before
No not everyone has it all
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Everybody knows, the story goes is
Some's got it more than others
We're not created equal
Everywhere I go, it surrounds me
I want to more than ever - just keep walking and never return
I will never look behind me
Everybody knows the way it goes
Some want it more than others
I've got to say it's terrible
Every time you go, you say it's serious
But you'll be back with a warning
I just wish you'd never return
And I will never look behind me
Don't get me wrong but it seems I've got nothing left to believe in.
You say what you say but you do what you want to do.
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Bullet
03:45
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Sara girl, tell us what has happened
you're commin down
Cousins of another
They can't contain your heart-ache, your pain
cause you might have been
It's on a shelf, tragedy itself
And we're all afraid
Oh, not us, it's somebody else who caught the bullet
but for how long, can we keep dodging until we're the ones?
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When it's over
promise you'll hang on my arm when i die
As I've told ya, promises can't kill a man when he cries
Summer is gone for good
Lights have gone out in the fog
The boxer is down for the count.
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Let Your Hair Down
02:16
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Girl let your hair down, let your hair down
Bring your body over my way
Don't bring me down
Life's too short to live any other way
you always thought too much
and whatcha they can't touch
When it seems the world just feels so small town
then it's time to take it on the rebound
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How Do You Want to Feel?
03:15
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I'm always waiting for the other shoe to fall
When everything around me is moving fast
I can't move at all
I know it's harder more than ever to feel alive
I know I see it in your eyes
How do you want to feel when there's no feeling left?
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Halfway Home
02:04
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So i thought that I'd meet her halfway home
but it seems that i'd leave her halfway home
Some men like to dance
But you know that will never last
Some men like to tease
But you know that was never me.
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Come Back
03:00
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Come back sweet baby
Don't throw it all away
Maybe, just maybe, I'll piece this back someday
All I know is I need your love
I know you're far away from me
and now you're with him
it's such a sin to keep on
All I know is I need your love.
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All Over You
02:36
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You kiss like a brother and you talk like a sister
i swear to myself that I'll never miss her
You feel like snake when you're wrapping around me
When you're sinking your teeth, without you where would I be
I'm All Over You
There aint nothing I can do
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Highway Robbery
04:01
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Highway Robbery
dealing with the pain
the Naive outlook
on what is tagged as love
the burden of dishonesty
death of innocent boy days
tell me what I've missed out on
And though the years roll on
I'll love you anyway
And though my time is short
I'll love you Endlessly
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I wasn't so hard to trace when I was younger
I had a habit of blurring every line I came across
I know you've told me it's long overdue
It's just as the closer you get
the further i am from you
But to feel.
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Hero in Flames
03:56
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Looks like you're neurotic boy
there's no two ways about it
Lookin like you're headed for
Some kind of fall
You got your hair to the ground
the man, he's up in arms
i see you've got your collar up
there's no turning back
Hands Up, Hold Tight
Boy you got caught in the headlines
and everybody loves it when the hero goes down in flames
Is she gonna stick around and fight right side her man?
or is she gonna rat ya out?
there's no tellin dames
You wear your heart on your pants
and man, She's got your number
i see you got your story straight
but there's no going back
Hands Up, Hold Tight
Boy you got caught in the headlines
and everybody loves it when the hero goes down in flames
Handsome and so tight
Boy you got caught in the headlines
but everybody loves it when the hero goes down in flames
Suck it up you skinny boy
You just want someone to hold your hand.
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Rid of Him
02:30
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I never wanted anything except your heart
The words that spill from out you sting
But thats a start
When you hurt, at least you feel something
When you hurt me, means you feel something
When you call, it really doesn't matter at all
You're gonna love me sooner or later
and we just have to get rid of him
I see the way you hold his hand at the show
But I don't think you understand,
You don't know
If you look, means you want something
If you look, Girl, means you need something from me
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Heart on a Stretcher
02:56
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Somehow you're gonna fuck this up
the notion creeps up on your back and brings ya down
So now you just can't wake up
your friends have given up on trying to bring ya out
They say "You've got to have faith in someone, You got to have faith in something"
But what if your faith is in nothing?
You hold in your hands what it takes to make her happy
But you can't carry on when your heart is on a stretcher
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Sleeper
03:37
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with this ring, i will wed, dear
and this thought I will betray
with this broken D'artanian that's been sitting in all day
and this ring? I will die here
and it's coming on too soon
maybe one day you'll smile
at this casket in my room
If I'm wrong, well I know I'm not the only one
It's so irrational - that we should be alone at all.
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Bleeding Heart
03:53
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I've got a girl
She aint like anybody
Logic is hard to ignore
Like I aint seen her before
I never thought a bleeding heart would be arousing
Now I've got it bleeding all over me
I've got a girl
She cares for everybody
and she means the world
when she says everything 'will'
sometimes it's not so pretty
I'm in a bind.
I've got a girl!
It's always hard
the second shot
give All you can, boy
All that you've got!
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Broken Parts
03:26
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It's everywhere
I have gotten to believe what is wrong and to conceive what is not
Oh, it's on again
I've forgotten what it's like to have wrong and to have right... fizzle out
So Long...
All the wounds we share... it's the broken part of life
that makes us feel like we are striving for something else.
Oh, it's on again
I've forgotten what it's like to have wrong and to have right... fizzle out
So Long...
So long I've got everybody on.
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You Get Me.
02:36
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the way you walk, well it's a dirty game
I know why
common sense tell me to run away
but you're not common
ya get me with your dirty mind
oh you know me so well
you've got all you'll ever need
why mess with me?
if it feels right I'd wish it away
I don't know why
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You shot, your best shot
but you missed the mark and it's dragging you down
You got what you wanted but you missed the point
your handed down
I'm coming to see ya, I'm feeling down
You're like no one else
You turned your back on
So that's how you bring your hammer down
It's as you feared it so you shut your mouth
You're handed down
I'm coming to see ya, I'm feeling down
You're like no one else
You're with someone new - love is a great obsession
You're seeing someone new - coming from a greater direction
You're with someone new - love is a great possession
You're seeing someone new - coming from a greater direction
You got what you wanted
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Bones
03:06
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i count the pieces as they fall (1234)
i know im bound to feel your loss (more than you)
a stronger man might roll his eyes (but im so weak)
when such words pass past your lips (ill follow)
I'd pluck out the eyes of a child if I could sleep next to you for awhile.
I'm tellin ya all you've got to do is feel it in your bones my love
it's just not healthy anymore (but I don't care)
to keep this sick thing dragging on (It wont die)
I'm sure in seconds i'd be replaced (1234)
so please show pity on this boy (no, don't leave)
When you call, it feels like somethings wrong...
the words that you say take too long
I'm tellin ya all you've got to do is feel it in your bones my love
It's true, I'd strangle a nun for you
Just to do what you'd want me to do
I'm tellin you, pick up the phone and
feel it in your bones my love
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Heart-Attack
01:58
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Oh girl, you're not like anyone else
you've got so much to give around
So what, we've got so much to hide
I know what you're all about
i want your heart breaking
I want your knees shaking
I want you back and I know it's a lot to ask
Oh girl, you shoulda known from the start
I never walk the straightest line
You know I'll go out of my way to take back what isn't mine
i want your heart breaking
I want your knees shaking
I want you back and I know it's a lot to ask
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Here for Love
02:20
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the way you talk, well it's a dirty game
cause you're holdin out and it's me you blame
I've never known the meaning of trust
and we both dream of something better than us
I know your name, i know your smell
I'll see you again when we're both burning in hell
I'd hold your hand if it wasn't on my throat
You'd take me back if I wasn't such a joke
I can Only guess you're here for love.
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I know
01:49
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Just like the films we long to see
escaping from how we feel
I know it's not like that though
I know you're real
Just when the brain forgives the heart
for acting upon itself
I know it's certain to go
I know myself
I know I'm certain to go
I know myself
I know I'm next now to go.
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In my Bed
03:27
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Put your lips on me, girl
there's no need to rush
your philosophy now, lost on my touch
When it's all over you can write your lesson down
Poppa don't like no scholarly types hangin around
Don't you ring my phone babe, I need to see your face
Summer's just startin and you're just my taste
When it's all over you can call your friends around
Poppa don't like no stereo types hangin around
There's no running off when you're lying in my bed
You're the only one when you're lying in my bed
How I love your pigtails and your Big League Chew
You know they call me the teacher, i'm gonna take you to school
When it's all over, you can write your lesson down
Pappa don't like no innocent types hanging around
We can go to a theatre or we can stay at home
Whichever you would like better as long as were alone
And when it's all over you can wear my ring around
Poppa just like what Mamma got right hanging around.
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My Overdrive
04:10
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ive got my overdrive
it pushes me all the time
i want that feeling back
I know it'll be gone before the early morning comes
and my hands and eyes will flutter somewhere else
but now how do I keep my mind
when I don't mind it going somewhere else?
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Mile in the Storm
02:36
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when your desire never transpires
you lose all your rights when you're born
simply because you never get round to
walking that mile in the storm
and its so hard when folks that you love just don't care
and they tell you exactly what you want to hear
I've got an answer to what ails ya
but you've got to hear what i say
cause we've got one shot left in this long shot
that you don't think exists anyway
and its so hard when folks that you love just don't care
and they tell you exactly what you want to hear
And it's time to be true
to what all humans do
in this all together, everlasting
never.
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Our Comedy
03:26
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Our comedy was only funny once
Tragegy sticks me like a bad scar
Here we are exposed
Comedy is only funny once
the second time it sears me like a bad burn
tables turned on me
If you search for a reason
Your world will just crumble apart
It turns like the seasons
you're only as big as your heart
Our comedy is only funny once
It leaves me feelin beaten like a bad son
on the run again
Do ya got the feelin that it's wrong?
second hand's tickin like a time bomb
and you'll be gone...
There's no comedy here, love is involved.
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So Long
02:58
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Oh good times come and go
don't you know that soon you'll be all alone
Love... you take it on the run
Don't you know that someone waits here for you?
I do.
So Long it's been
So long 'till I see you again
I'm sure you'll find
another man to waste your time
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Somehow, Someway
03:44
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everybody know
good times come and go
you're leaving me without a song
where's your alibi?
lovers left to die
you're leaving me without a song
Somehow, someway
I've got to get you near to me someday
everybody knows
love is such a cheap thing
you're leaving me without a song
where's your alibi?
cause lovers Never die.
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Not Trying
03:02
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what you think is your mistake
is my only hope
those chances that you don't take
they'll never let go
oh how you break my heart
cause you're not trying
oh ruined from the start
what you let die here
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Trouble
01:56
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The times when trouble take hold of your reins
wake the next morning to do it again
well I've got your number written here on my hand
When you're back home it's like you've never gone away
The doctor said she's only got a year to be alive
but he's been saying that since 1985
So let's all get drunk and talk of ol' Billy Eib
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Never Trust
02:32
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never trust a man who's always smiling
never trust a girl who says she's in it for thrills
never trust a thought to follow through to the end
unless it's the end
never was a coward 'till I looked and found you
never was a coward but there's always something new
and if you think a coward would leave you hanging on a rope
don't you know it's always possible
I never wanted more from you
but there's nothing else to do
i had everything but it's over now
never show your good side
unless you're in it for the haul
never show your good side cause
you're bound to lose it all
and if you think they want you for more than anything but blood
don't you know it's never possible
I never wanted more from you
but there's nothing else to do
i had everything but it's over now
I'll never see your point of view cause
it points right back to you
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Misery
03:06
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i know you're broken hearted
but it's what you wanted from me
I lay in this mess you started
it's what's become of us, this jealousy
but when you call, I want you here
Isn't it fun? Misery loves everyone!
Boohoo you
I leave your motor running
it's what's exciting to me
i lay in this mess you've started
it's what's become of us, this travesty
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B.I.S.
02:44
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False start that came too late
I know it's hard to hold
onto the days that are left to none so bold
Don't wait for regret to set in
It's best to move along
and hold contempt for those who've done you wrong
I've built my life on
Ire.
I'd lose my arm for hope
but I've lost the reasons why
It's my remorse that hold me down to die
Don't wait for regret to set in
It's best to move along
and hold contempt for those who've done you wrong
I've built my life on...
Ire.
They can't take that away...
Ire
Hold your tongue, learn your place
Hold your place, learn your tongue
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heat-tamer demo
03:50
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I Found You - Gold.
03:52
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Once I found you:
"Gold!", was my first reaction
But as all things run cold
is that how it happens?
Everyone else is going to pieces
no one is safe but me
Swallow your hunger
when you find someone
'cause once they know you they'll leave.
So it seems that you've got it all figured out
You can't complain you wanted this for yourself
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The Have, the Have Nots
02:53
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The Have, the Have Nots
The boys who drink scotch and sing
All the dirty tricks they try to spring
They'll show up with hands out
and bring up the last mount they made
all the while swearing it's you they've saved
Just brush it off
You haven't won
Where is the girl that I relied upon?
The Have, the Have Nots
The girls who drink scotch and sing
All the dirty tricks they try to spring
They'll steal your head lamps
And cut the brake lines then
scream bloody murder when the car careens
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I'm taking it easy
Taking it easy, it's true
Well I've got so much time on my hands
now that I don't got you
But I know that somebody else will come around
So I'm just taking it easy
Till that one is found
I'm goin back to Jersey
Back to Jersey this very day
Im goin back to Jersey
Goin back to Jersey - Elmer way.
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Medicine Girl
02:57
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She's my medicine girl and I know exactly what I take her for
She fills a hole that's left from someone I did so adore
I know it means that I'll fall apart at the seams without my medicine girl
So come home with me
She's my medicine girl and I know exactly what she takes me for
She grabs a hold of something she had once but couldn't endure
I know it means that she'll leave me soon, you'll see
Well that's my medicine, girl
So come home with me
You won't believe my medicine girl
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So Long
02:57
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Oh good times come and go but don't you know that love is waiting for you
Love... you take it on the run and don't you know that someone is waiting for you
I do and I don't want to be lonely anymore
So long, it's been.
And so long until I see you again.
I'm sure that you'll find another man to waste you time
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Leaving Today
02:57
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How would you feel girl, If I said I'd never see you again?
Would you cry your eyes out or burn our picture or would you turn to your guy friend?
How would you feel girl, if you turned your head and I wasn't there?
Would you cry your eyes out or burn our picture or would you do something to your hair?
I'm leaving today... I'm leaving today.
I'll throw you lines girl and if you want, l'd even give you my car
Don't you cry your eyes out or burn our picture, it's only love that I find bizarre
I'm leaving today... I'm leaving today.
And I'm just a selfish boy who knows not what he wants
And it's taken all this time to notice what you're not
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Unintended Poshlost.
A broken clock.
A tiger drowning in Vaseline.
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