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First thing I remember was lying in the sand
When a plague of seven horsemen Came across the desert land They had one good eye between them They were burning up the sky When I asked why they had come for me The ugly one replied He told me Ah, you better recognize Aw, you better recognize, son Next thing I recall well I was hanging from a cliff When an angel came to rescue Me and held me in her grip She said, "Everyone who's ever loved you Gets hurt in the end." Then she smiled and said, "Forgive me." As she let go of my hand She told me (You been living out of pocket, out of your socket) Ah, you better recognize. (You been leaning like a Pisa, a moaning Lisa) Ah, you better recognize, son (Hip hip for all the busted, we are entrusted) Ah, you better recognize. (You come a pleading, but it's too late We can't hear you're on the list now!) And let your dim light shine. Always darkest before the morning light, Lord knows you ain't that bright Better let your dim light shine Just before I hit the ground I woke up in my bed I was dazed and I was weary And my heart was full of dread When I looked at my reflection I was horrified to find There were seven horsemen next to me The angel close behind They told me (You been living out of pocket, out of the socket) Ah, you better recognize. (You been leaning like a Pisa, a moaning Lisa) Ah, you better recognize, son (Hip hip for all the busted, we are entrusted) Ah, you better recognize. (You come a pleading, but it's too late We can't hear you're on the list now!) And let your dim light shine. |
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Talking in her sleep again
Reciting lines start to end But she's not crazy (Knock on wood) Just a little misunderstood She takes a walk at 4AM Wakes the neighborhood again And I find myself recalling everything she used to tell me Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life Everybody wants to be a part Everybody loves a situation Who would ever want to play the part Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart She's waiting tables the next day She pulls a double then on her way To an audition in Hollywood, yeah, A little misunderstood We sit around the house Waiting for the phone to ring And I know she alone holds the key To everything I want to be Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life Everybody wants to be a part Everybody loves a situation Who would ever want to play the part Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart Everybody wants to be your friend When you've got something you can give them All I've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy Just a little misunderstood. Aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy, Just a little misunderstood. Two years later you're a star Who'd have thought we'd get this far? But I'd give it all away if I Could see you on that day again When you quit work And threw that coffee At the manager jerk You said, 'Close your eyes I've got a surprise A house in the hills And a car that drives by.' Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts, don't it? Inside Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life Everybody wants to be a part Everybody loves a situation Who would ever want to play the part Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart Everybody wants to be your friend When you've got something you can give them All I've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy Just a little misunderstood. Aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy, Just a little misunderstood. |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
Good by Better Than Ezra Looking around the house. Hidden behind the window and the door. Searching for signs of life but there's nobody home. Well, maybe I'm just too sure. Maybe I'm just too frightened? by the sound of it. Pieces of note fall down, but the letter said,? CHORUS: Aha, it was good living with you.? Aha, it was good. Aha, it was good living with you. Aha, it was good. Sitting around the house,? watching the sun trace shadows on the floor. Searching for signs of life, but there's nobody home. Well, maybe I'll call? or write you a letter. Now, maybe we'll see on the Fourth of July. But I'm not too sure, and I'm not too proud. Well, I'm not too sure and I'm not too proud to say. CHORUS: Aha, it was good living with you.? Aha, it was good. Aha, it was good living with you. Aha, it was good. spoken: Yeah, you were so good.yeah you were so good, yeah that's right... |
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Rain drops bead again
They make a tide pool On your summer skin Shoplifting corner store I should have got, Should have got some more. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? Baby I don't know. God, how you look the same. I recognize the face, But not the name. Pull over, never stop A caramel-colored girl in a halter top. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? (She said) Me and you Got a lot to do. We go rolling From Friday till Sunday noon. Stop! Start a letter, Rent-A-Saint in back Want to hit the interstate in a Cadillac, And we're rolling. Could it be that hard To never mind the rent And then quit your job? Flying, at what cost? Shout outs to the ones we've lost. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? Don't mind me. Me? I'm fine. I just get a little lost sometimes. But what I really meant to say, I couldn't live without you another day. How'd you get so low? How'd you get so low? (She said) Me and you Got a lot to do. We go rolling From Friday till Sunday noon. Stop! Start a letter, Rent-A-Saint in back Want to hit the interstate in a Cadillac, And we're rolling. Are you just worried to see me? Are you just worried to need me? Me and you Got a lot to do. We go rolling From Friday till Sunday noon. Stop! Start a letter, Rent-A-Saint in back Want to hit the interstate in a Cadillac, And we're rolling. Yeah, we're rolling. Me and you, we're rolling. On a Sunday afternoon. Yeah... |
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Don't fear,
even though you're at a loss. I'm numb, a shell of empty thoughts. But you glow, you stretch and pull me out. Does that trouble you? Do I trouble you? CHORUS: Love me Hate me Make me Live Again I need you around Heal me Hurt me Make me Live Again I want you around So long, I never had experienced this bliss. So how could I resist? And I'm fine, a little light-headed. Does that worry you? I didn't mean to worry you. CHORUS Now, retreating from the light I love it when we fight It makes me think at least you still care Give up, you're not going anywhere Moonlight, illuminates your stare And it's great, captivating you Does that trouble you? I didn't mean to trouble you CHORUS & FADE |
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"Calmly, like a razor
I got us on the door," or "I got a tape of 'Clerks' Someone left the night before." So I got over later, You're sitting in that chair Smoking on your cigarette Fingering your hair So I get drunk and stoned, Every time you come around. Twenty-nine and aimless You bartend down on fourth Your parents pay insurance And the Parson's Audit course Over-schooled and uninspired A trust fun up your nose All that wasted talent but, uh Ain't that how it always goes? So I get drunk and stonedm Every time you come around. Yeah, yeah, yeah So long Allison Foley So long, bye-bye (Come up higher, take a step higher) Sometimes you understand The reasons how you went astray But least of all the answer, That it hurts to watch you waste away. So I get drunk and stoned, Every timed you come around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So long Allison Foley So long, bye-bye Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
I sit and watch your flowers wilting in the kitchen I felt like I was one of them gasping for air. I go from room to room hoping to find your I play my music louder than you'd like me to Why can't I be your lover? Can there be another? And when I feel without I want to get you in. Can't I be your lover? At five o'clock you come shuffling in. And when I lock you out I want to get you, Get you, get you in. I understand that you are going through a hard time But what you need to recognize I'm in one too You say that maybe we should take some time apart But you go your way, I'll get by, and you'll go get high You just see if I mind. Why can't I be your lover? Can there be another? And when I feel without I want to get you in. Why can't I be your lover? At five o'clock you come shuffling in. And when I lock you out I want to get you, Let you, get you in. Well I could be wrong I don't even know myself And I must be strong when you're gone so long I don't need to know reasons why. What I wouldn't do for you. Why can't I be your lover? Can there be another? And when I feel without I want to get you in. Why can't I be your lover? At five o'clock you come shuffling in. And when I lock you out I want to get you, Let you, get you in. I want to get you in. 무공해성 모던 록 사운드, Better Than Ezra 베터 댄 에즈라(Better Than Ezra)의 트래비스 맥넵(Travis McNabb)이 1969년 11월 19일 출생했다. '88년에 결성된 베터 댄 에즈라는 뉴올리언즈 출신의 3인조로 처음에는 4인조였지만 리드 기타리스트가 갑자기 사망하는 바람에 3인조가 되었다. '94년 그들은 자비로 데뷔앨범을 발매하는데 이듬해 [Elektra]와 계약을 맺으면서 싱글 'Good'이 좋은 반응을 얻게 되었고 앨범 [Deluxe]는 히트라고 할 만한 성공을 거두게 된다. 보컬리스트이자 작곡자인 케빈 그리핀(Kevin Griffin), 베이시스트인 톰 드루먼드(Tom Drummond) 그리고 드러머인 트래비스 맥넵은 '96년에 두번째 앨범 [Friction Baby]를 내놓았으며 2년 뒤에는 [How Does Your Garden Grow?]를 발매했다. 후자에 실려있던 'At the Stars'가 빌보드에서 선정한 '올해의 팝송 100곡'에 뽑히는 등 인기를 얻었지만 이 앨범으로 [일렉트라]와의 계약을 끝나고 다시 자비로 앨범 [Artifakt]를 발매한다. 이 앨범은 그간 앨범 미수록곡들과 콘서트 라이브를 모아 발매한 것으로 판매도 그들의 웹사이트인 www.betterthanezra.com를 통해 인터넷으로만 했다. 2001년에 이들은 소규모 인디 레이블인 [Beyond Music]과 계약을 했고 싱글 'Extra Ordinary'를 내놓았다. 방송에서 좋은 반응을 얻은 이 곡에 이어 2001년, 여름에 3년만의 새 앨범 [Closer]를 내놓았다. 그리고 2004년 라이브 음반 [Live at the House of Blues New Orleans]를 발표했지만 국내에는 소개되지 않았다. |
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I got a little bit of hope,
like a soap on a rope. Sweeter than sour, getting thinner by the hour. Falling fast, and I'm running out of gas. Mugging on your sister, smart as Bobby Fisher. Still I couldn't get arrested, Though I got more hooks than Madonna got looks. Just like that AC/DC song, "Come on baby, shake me all night long." All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary, baby Somebody push me through the door, I've been sleeping on the floor. 31 flavors, listen to the neighbors through the wall, At the debutante ball. Cumba lada vista, Got a Mona Lisa. So much for the late rent, cause your money's spent, And it's cold inside. Just like that Barenaked Ladies song, I'm "hot like wasabi when" I'm next to your body. All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary, baby. Aint' love such a sweet thing. Ain't love such a sweet thing. (Con fuego baby) All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary baby. All I wanna do, Is stay till early in the morning. (You know I love you baby). And all I gotta say, Is your love's extraordinary. You're extraordinary. |
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Got an angel on the stairs
As if you'd even care When the lights are up And the sun had nearly gone... down Did you see him on the street Did you pass him at your feet Did you think at all How dare they even look me in the eye And he loves the girls And he loves the boys Gonna make Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over So set him up Then let him fall Turn him over in your hands God save the king of New Orleans Got a ticket to a show Did you see him take a blow When the drunk one said Cat Stevens was the greatest singer Did you kick him in the head Did you see the blood run down Did you laugh at all When the people walked right by and said aloud Gutter punks, you're all the same Gonna make Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over So set him up Then let him fall Turn him over in your hands God save the king of New Orleans Set him up Let him fall Turn him over in your hands God save the King of New Orleans Radio in my head, radio in my car Goin' down again He's goin' down... again Any way you look Any way you talk it over It's easier To let it slip out of your mind But it rips your heart out Then it kicks your head in Would you give him one more chance Try and see the beauty in his world All the way in on my hands In on my feet and shoulders Gonna make Twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over So set him up Then let him fall Turn him over in your hands God save the king of New Orleans Set him up Then let him fall Turn him over in your hands God save the king of New Orleans Yeah |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
Where have you gone, my Rosealia? Into the crowd, he'll never find you. If you walk real fast, and you stay down low. So many times, so many chances, this one could be your last. You say no, no, no, the fighting has left you tired. You say no, no, no, but the fighting goes on. Put on your mask, wearing your cape. Put on your mask, my Rosealia. Put on your mask, wearing your cape. Put on your mask, my Rosealia. What has he done, my senorita? His kind of love is going to kill you. Do you fake a smile when you dodge the blows? So many times, so many chances. This one could be your last. You say no, no, no, the fighting has left you tired. You say no, no, no, but the fighting goes on. Put on your mask, wearing your cape. Put on your mask, my Rosealia. Put on your mask, wearing your cape. Put on your mask, my Rosealia. Jealousy can rip your heart out. And jealousy can turn a hand into a fist. You say no, no, no, the fighting has left you tired. You say no, no, no, but the fighting goes on. Put on your mask, wearing your cape. Put on your mask, my Rosealia. Put on your mask, wearing your cape. Put on your mask, my Rosealia. |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
Well, your photo stills In your wallet with your unpaid bills And you show it like it means something You could never know the pain it brings And here you are Standing in our drive (when absence suits you best) Your letters and your cards But no return address Now you come around Now you come around Your familiar sounds We are your beautiful, We are your beautiful mistake. Waiting for this day Well I memorized the things I'd say How you broke her when you disappeared How I hear her say, 'You'd make your father proud.' It echoes through the years As if I could forget all a mother's tears No, don't say a word Leave while you still can Put out your light Now I guess you're going A figure through the door And your taillights faded Like twenty years before |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
Maybe I should drop you at your door Leave tonight and vanish up the shore Anywhere but here... It's 3 o'clock We're driving in your car You're screaming out the window at the stars. Please don't drive me home! Blame us 'cause we are who we are Hate us 'cause you'll never get that far And who'd suppose that you would go I've already learned enough to know that... Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo (repeat) Tell me all the places we could go And count the headlights passin' on the road A long, long time ago Blame us cause we are who we are Hate us cause you'll never get that far And who'd suppose that you would go? I've already learned enough to know that Here we are Forgein to their world Straight and composed Your sermons I can do without And I've finally found that everybody loves to love you when you're far awaaaaay! Could it be we've done something wrong? And make it home to your place before dawn. Please don't drive me home. Please don't take me home! Blame us 'cause we are who we are Hate us 'cause you'll never get that far And who'd suppose that you would go? I've already learned I've already learned... Enough to know that Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo Doo, doo |
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YOU IN YOUR COAT
WRITING A NOTE, "DEAR SAL, I HOPE YOU'LL AGREE..." THEN CATCHING A BUS, JUST AFTER DUSK, A ONE WAY TRIP TO THE CITY. A COLD WATER FLAT. A HOT PLATE, A HAT. THE WANT ADS ARE STREWN ON THE FLOOR. AND YOU GET SO MAD, WHEN YOUR MA AND DAD REFLECT WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR. BUT I SEE YOU THERE NUDE AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (BUT SO FAR AWAY) AND I RECALL ALL YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR SCHEMES MOVING ME. THE PLANS THAT WE MADE, A STREET SERENADE YOU CAN'T BE LIKE YOUR BROTHER AND MIKE, CONTENT JUST TO LIVE AND GET BY. I HOPE THAT YOUR FINE, AT 13TH AND 9. WAXING OR WANING? YOUR CALL. BUT I SEE YOU THERE ALIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS BUT SO FAR AWAY AND I RECALL ALL YOUR HANDS AND YOUR PLANS MOVING ME THE SENSE THAT IT MADE A STREET SERENADE. |
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Allie woke up 8AM
Graduation day. Got into a car, And crashed along the way. When we arrived late to the wake, Stole the urn while they Looked away, And drove to the beach 'Cause I knew you'd want it That way. And you were standing On the hood of the car Singing out loud When the sun came up. And I know I wasn't right, But it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, Like I thought she would. And that ((REM)) song was playing In my mind. And three and a half minutes Felt like a lifetime It felt like a lifetime And you move like water I could drown in you. And I fell so deep once, Till you pulled me through You would tell me "No one is allowed to be so proud They never reach out When they're giving up." And I know I wasn't right, But it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, Like I thought she would. And that ((REM)) song was playing In my mind. And three and a half minutes Felt like a lifetime Are you sitting in the lights? Or combing your hair again, And talking in rhymes? Are you sitting in the lights? When I got home, heard the phone, Your parents had arrived. And your dad set his jaw Your mom just smiled and sighed. But they left soon And I went to my room. Played that disc that you'd given me, And I shut my eyes Swear I could hear the sea. When we were standing On the hood of your car Singing out loud when the sun came up. And I know I wasn't right, But it felt so good. And your mother didn't mind, Like I thought she would. And that ((REM)) song was playing In my mind. And three and a half minutes, Three and a half minutes, Felt like a lifetime |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte) Well there's a feelin' in the air Just like a Friday afternoon Yeah you can go there if you want Though it fades too soon So go on, let it be If there's a feelin' coming over me Seems like it's always understood this time of year Well I know there's a reason to change Well I know there's a time for us Think about the good times and you live with all the bad You can feel it in the air Feelin' right this time of year Well there's a football in the air Across the leaf-blown field Yeah, and there's your first car on the road And the girl you steal So go on, if you fell If there's a feelin' that there's somethin' else Seems like it's always understood this time of year Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year) Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year) Think about the good times but you live with all the bad (this time of year) You can feel it in the air Feelin' right this time of year Well there's a feelin' in the air Just like a Friday afternoon Yeah you can go there if you want Thought it fades too soon So go on, let it be If there's a feelin' comin' over me Seems like it's always understood this time of year Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year) Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year) Ya think about the good times, and you live with all the bad (this time of year) You can feel it in the air Feel it in the air Yeah I can feel it in the air Well I can feel it in the air Yeah you can feel it in the air Feelin' right this time of year |
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I can still recall
The way you looked that fall In your favorite dress The day before you left And since that time I wrote a simple rhyme And I miss you and the things you do The time we had, the good and bad The day we met that I can't forget Signed Sincerely, Me Are you cross at your loss? But could you be more obsessive If I'd given you the chance But since you asked, a reply but it's the last And I miss you and the things you do The love you fake, the heart you break. The buzz you caught, and the times we fought Signed Sincerely, Me. Oh, my God, and don't forget P.S. I moved away to a new address It's far away and I think it's best Signed Sincerely, Me. Why can't it be like it was? The rain falls, the summer ends. Why can't it be like it was? You always said you'd never go away. And I confess, I was such a mess I drove for fifteen hours On this nasty Greyhound bus Yes, I've returned. (You'd think that I would have learned.) But I miss you and the things you do The times we had, the good and bad The day we met that I can't forget Signed Sincerely, Me Could you really be a bitch like that? Broke my door when you stole the cat. Someone said that you even laughed Signed Sincerely, Me Why can't it be like it was? The rain falls, the summer ends. Why can't it be like it was? You always said you'd never go away. And I miss you... The hope you give. The life you live. The cross you bear. The way you swear. The face you make When you masturbate. Our bed in the moonlight. And the night we fought You were so distraught. And the lies I denied Even when you cried, God knows I apologize, Signed Sincerely, Me. Why can't it be like it was? The rain goes, the sun returns. Why can't it be like it was? You always said you'd never go away. You'd never go away. You'd never go away. Signed Sincerely, Me. |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
Past the road to your house That you never called home Where they turned out your lights Though they say you’ll never know I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting When they pumped out your guts And filled you full of those pills You were never quite right Deserving all the chills They say the worst is over Kicked it over and ran Then they ask what went wrong When they turn you on again They turn you on again I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting Kick them right in the face Make them wish they weren’t born And if they bring up your name Well they’ll say you won the war Baby burst in the world.. Never given a chance Then they ask what went wrong When you never had it right No you never had it right I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting.. Oh the letters have dropped off Though they say you got them all I finally figured out some things you’ll never know never.. * * * Take back your life And let me inside We’ll find the way door if you care to anymore... I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting I remember running through the wet grass And falling a step behind Both of us never tiring Desperately Wanting..... |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve to show your face around here. Hey, you've got a lot of nerve to dredge up all my fears. Well, I wish I could shake some sense into you and walk out the door. But your skin is like porcelain. Yeah, your skin is like porcelain. Just the other day I felt I had you by a string. Just the other day I felt we could be everything. But now when I see you, you're somebody else. In somebody's eyes and your skin. But your skin is like porcelain. Yeah, your skin is like porcelain. I don't know what I'm saying. Well, I don't know if you're there. In the words you are feigning. Do you even care? Well I wish I could kill you, savor the sight. Get in to my car, drive into the night. Then lie as I scream to the heavens above. That I was the last one you ever loved. Yes, your skin is like porcelain. But your skin is like porcelain. Yeah, your skin is like porcelain |
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to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte) How can you be so warm? How can you know what i feel? Well, it's the way you move your hands, And it's the way you understand. And that's the reason that i'm asking. That's the reason that i want to know. And that's the reason that i'm asking, And that's the reason that i'm... How can you throw everything you live for? Well, it's the way we shake and sway. Oh, and it's the passion that you play. And that's the reason that i'm asking. That's the reason that i want to know. And that's the reason that i'm asking, And that's the reason that i'm... Too many lost. Links in a chain passed down through the years, But ending here, if we just face the pain and the fear. Who did you love before? Who did they love before you? But it's the way you move your hands And it's the way you understand. And that's the reason that i'm asking. That's the reason that i want to know. And that's the reason that i'm asking, And that's the reason that i'm |
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my friends
feel its their appointed duty they keep trying to tell me all you want to do is use me (ah ha) but my answer (ah ha) yea to all the use me stuff i-i-i and i wanna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used oh you just keep on using me until you use me up til you use me up my brother sit me right down and he talked to me (oh oh) and he told me (ah ha) that i ought not let you just walk on me and i am sure he meant well yeah but when that talk was through i-i-i said brother if you only knew you would wish that you were in my shoes oh you just keep on using me until you use me up til you use me up (oh oh) sometimes yeah its true you really do abuse me (oh) you get me in a crowd of high class people (ah ha) and then you act real rude to me yeah (ah ha) but oh baby baby baby baby when you love me i can't get enough (oh oh) and i wanna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used oh you just keep on using me until you use me up (ah) til you use me up talking about you using me baby it all depends on what you do its ain't too bad the way your using me cause i am sure am using you to do the things you do ah to do the things you do |
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