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Never Any Good
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I was never any good at loving you
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I was never any good at coming
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through for you
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You're going to feel much better
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When you cut me loose forever
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I was never any good
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Never any good
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I was never any good at loving you
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I was dying when we met
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I bet my life on you
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But you called me and I folded
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like you knew I'd do
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You called my ace, my king, my bluff
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Okay, you win, enough's enough
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I was never any good
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Never any good
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I was never any good at loving you
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I was pretty good at taking out
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the garbage
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Pretty good at holding up the wall
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Dealing with the fire and the earthquake
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But that don't count
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That don't count
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That don't count for nothing much at all
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I was never any good at loving you
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I was just a tourist in your bed looking
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at the view
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But I can't forget where my lips
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have been
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Those holy hills, that deep ravine
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I was never any good
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Never any good
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I was never any good at loving you
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I was pretty good at taking out the garbage
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Pretty good at holding up the wall
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I'm sorry for my crimes against
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the moonlight
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I didn't think
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I didn't think
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I didn't think the moon would mind at all
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I was never any good at loving you
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At doing what a woman really wants
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a man to do
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You're going to feel much better
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When you cut me loose forever
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I was never any good
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Never any good
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I was never any good at loving you
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Never Any Good
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Leonard Cohen |