"Self-loathing is quaint,"
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you told me, showing restraint.
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Now you're gone and I'm lost,
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In the swells I am tossed -
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bobbing and choking and losing the fight in the fog.
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You said, "Forever..." Tell me, why can't you stay?
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[Chorus]
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I'd ride in your pocket all day,
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but I just don't fit.
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Say the word and I'll change.
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I'm throwin' a party tonight.
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I drink more than a sailor on shore.
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Pour the rum in my eyes, tell me lies.
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Oh, oh-oh-oh, Oh, oh-oh-oh
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Drunk since Saturday,
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without you, without restraint.
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It still stings where you stung.
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Water swings in my lungs.
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I'm starving for words that would ration my sadness away.
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Tell me, "Forever..."
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Tell me you'll come back to stay.
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[Chorus]
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I'd ride in your pocket all day,
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but I just don't fit.
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Say the word and I'll change.
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I'm throwin' a party tonight.
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I drink more than a sailor on shore.
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Pour the rum in my eyes, tell me lies.
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You were the mermaid for me
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'til one day you found your feet
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leaving me in this god-awful bottle
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a model of heartache and grief.
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[Chorus]
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I'd ride in your pocket all day,
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but I just don't fit.
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Say the word and I'll change.
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I'm throwin' a party tonight.
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I drink more than a sailor on shore.
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Pour the rum in my eyes, tell me lies.
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Drunken Lament
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Ludo |