a fallen eyelash might grant my wish
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but what more could i ask for
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i have the sight of your face when i wake up
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and before we fall asleep
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i hear the voice of an angel
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calling me her true love
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they say the rules for fools who rush in
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are the same as russian roulette
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life, if you choose an empty chamber
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or a bullet in the head
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and you can say that you won't play
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or go shoot something else instead
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either way, the last thought that you think
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will be the first that you forget
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but lest the fear of your own life
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cause you to live like you'd met death
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know love while you still can, fill your lungs
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let me hear your quickened breath
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sing like you were suicidal
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tremble atop the treble clef
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to hell with this life, if without
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love, let your eyes roll back to heaven
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and with such ease we'll shun these needless trepidations
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senses suspended as the second hand lingers
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from our ocean, as we name every constellation
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with the sounds that we make that escape the restraints of words
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some will say it's all inside our heads
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some say they've seen the light so you'll continue chasing their silhouette
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so point the finger at whom you like
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or raise your head and curse the sky
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it makes no difference
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that's why i never could decide
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between you and me, girl
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you know i'll never choose a side
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it's just you and me, girl
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just you and me
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i had a debt with the devil
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bet him that i could drink him under the table
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with shots of holy water
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jameson's and jack daniel's
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and he said, as we poison our livers
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let us drink unto your health
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no one gets the best of me
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i keep that part to myself
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and if i dream so many sweet dreams
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my brain burns itself a cavity
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or if my posture's compromised
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by more than time's IV drip gravity
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i will say that i once had
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while others moan they still don't have any
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and i will get it all back again
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in the next cycle of my depravity
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cos my poverty means nothing
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when death's writing its blank checks to me
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and though i could drive off this cliff
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or wish my name had been vasectomy
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life's an accident others slow down
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and vainly strain their necks to see
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while i push my pedal to the ground
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and fly past them all in ecstasy
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yeah, some say that this life ain't the only one we get
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i once claimed that i'd found myself when i'd only been chasing my own silhouette
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so point the finger at whom you like
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or raise your head and curse the sky
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it makes no difference
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that's why i never could decide
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between you and me, girl
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you know i'll never choose a side
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it's just you and me, girl
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just you and me
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i could never love any other
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no one could ever take your place
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and we may be different people
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but i give you every piece of me
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so if you traded my love in search of more
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someone might remain to fill up space
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but there'd be nothing left
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we are one
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No One Gets The Best Of Me
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| The Velvet Teen |
