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city of lights
cold february night
go out for bread, you'll be fast asleep in the hotel bed
by the time that i return
i can't believe
we came all the way across the sea
to pretend, we were no longer friends
lovers long dead, coming to our end
stay awful
i'll stay with you
world's crumble
but i'm staying true
stay awful
i'll stay with you
world's crumble
when i'm feeling blue
lost in versaille
bored out of my fucking mind
you take a shot, cabinet, bed, floral frock
we're strangers on the run, facin' a loaded gun
cooped up for weeks
you're refusal to leave the god damn sheets,
the bed you're in becomes the waste paper bin
hearts are thrashed, crumbled left for trash
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All the Good
01:47
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like dead weight being lifted off of shoulders
the good times still remain but don't weigh me down
i'm the same just a little bit older
imagine me when the weather get a little colder
our fate, belongs to time now
it's out of my hands, the plan is not being around
i'm the same if not a little bit bolder
someone else's mouth kissing your left shoulder
i'm gonna make it through
remembering all the good in you
hope ain't as bad as you like to think is
stalemate, i'm raising the stakes now
take a step back and tell me you're sober
i'm the same just a little bit older
imagine me when the weather get colder
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All the Crazy
01:54
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my mind still stuck on you
and all crazy little things you use to do
they use to drive me up the wall
and now i am crawling back into my hole
if i only knew, things you do
i'd probably be so over you
lightening strikes twice, i'm floored
shaken solid down to my core
i just got some real bad news
for the first time, honey, had nothing to do with you
if i could i'd split myself in two
maybe then i would be through
my mind's still stuck on you
and all the crazy little thing you use to do
i guess it is simple and secure
knowing that you don't love me anymore
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Number Pinned Shirt
02:16
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the luckiest kid on the play ground
just missed the monkey bars
came tumbling down.
i hope you don't hesitate
to call the number pinned on his shirt
for girl that gotta way from him
and if she picks up the phone
slim chance she's still at home
reminder her, she used to love him
as his bones rejuvenate
his heart will mend and flow
blood through his veins
with all their eyes cast upon him
he'll learn to walk again
he'll beat the pain
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Empty Cups
01:54
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it's so weird
being back here with my friends
though it's kinda sad
i'm not angry around them
and with their help i will stand up
with their jokes i'll laugh it up
and in the end i know who's there for me
i wasn't prepared
for the good life again
now that it's back
i find myself starting to crack
drinking all night keeps me up
all these girls have empty cups
and i'm not gonna be able to fill them all
i know it it's not cause i'm not willing to try
i just don't see myself feeling whole inside
i know it's easy for some but i'm not that kinda guy
and all those times i'll try to sleep
nothing will get through to me
i will still be here sleeping alone.
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this is your last chance at fucking up dear
and I know you'll take it, you always said you would
I'll play the bastard, who says he gets it
and you play the prettiest girl in the world
i hope you get that he don't deserve you back
and i'm not saying that cause i want you want
it's just so obvious to all your friends that this is a bounce back
it don't mean crap.
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New World Record
02:58
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All About You
01:10
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I knew all about you before I even met you
guess that was part of the attraction
you were sent from heaven
but because of all your demons you packed up and got leaving
you don't need explanation, i'm sure you had your reason
that's alright, you can go, i won't put up a fight
there's some things you need to see and you don't need me
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Un Mes
02:50
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i'm the perfect portrait of a mess
easily digestible and insignificant
but holding me together was you
so much for crazy glue
what else can i do but sing along
to all these fundamental disposable songs
holding them together was you
so much for staying true
cause then you get this notion
that something is wrong
you've gotta but an ocean
between you and this song
what else can i do
then lie and say my aim is true
i can't stop me from hurting we
it's for the best that you leave.
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there's you callin me crazy to your
friends tellin them i never knew
when to call it quits but
i knew from the beginning that
we were never meant to be
so shame on me
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i'm having a hard time letting you go
it's been harder then you'll ever know
i'm making my words rhyme real good
just like you once told me i should
but it looks like i've already fucked up
i'm not the one you're dreaming of
i'm on this boat all alone
you've got a new captain, my friends tell me so
if he can get your eyes to show happy again
then he's a better captain then i've ever been
in you're arms i felt whole
between your thighs i almost lost control
i still got your nose.
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Man, You Got Smart
02:32
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you, you got smart
then you got out
when the going gets easy
sure we'll be seein' you around
there you'll be
center of creativity
smiling and well, the rest of us fell to your will
what's it about my heart
what makes it mend to break
what is it that takes my breath away
you, you got dark
then you got sad
the emptiness between made it kinda hard to get mad
based on this
and your lack of a final kiss
you left fast, then i couldn't get outta bed
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you and me, let's move back to west philly
let's forget, all the stupid things we said
lay in bed, forget about our friends
we'll pretend, it's the simple life again
last night
i dreamt of her
the girl
before my lose
now i'm feeling lost
we can be, happy wait and see
i'll write songs for you to sing along
you will laugh, get tattoos and take baths
we'll be free, have some patients with me
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14. |
The Next One
02:01
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I'm On Your Side
01:56
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i'm better apart
watching destruction from afar
staying around became to hard
some men they strive for being alive
so i'm singing good bye to butter bean
not like i won't think about her forever
or regret things i never said
but breaking down will be much easier
when i've said goodbye to butter bean
you can do whatever phases you
and i can do nothing to change your mind
so singular in the way emotions play
i'm singing goodbye to butter bean
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