I stopped into a club
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I thought I'd see a show
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Everyone was there
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At least everyone I know
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Their knickers in a knot
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Their hands upon their heart
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The best they'd ever seen
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The greatest work of art
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I wished that it was me....
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It's bleaker than you think
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I'm running out of ink
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Give a guy a break
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This is what it takes
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To drive a man to drink
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A party at a friend's
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Toronto's coolest scene
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I thought I'd bring a tape
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To show them where I'd been
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And listen for a while
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The lyrics made them smile
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They said that it was fine
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Although it's not the style
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I said it wasn't me
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Once upon a time
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I couldn't get enough
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Until I made it big
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And that's when it got rough
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Dissapointed now
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Perhaps a bit surprised
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To look them in the face
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And see it in their eyes
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They wish it wasn't me
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It's bleaker than you think
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I'm running out of ink
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Give a guy a break
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This is what it takes
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To drive a man to drink
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I used to hold you close
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You used to tell me things
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You never told a soul
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Until you heard me sing
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The details of your life
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Condensed into a song
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The neighbor and his wife
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Work out and sing along
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And you can't look at me
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It's bleaker than you think
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I'm running out of ink
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Give a guy a break
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This is what it takes
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To drive a man to drink
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Could song be an alibi
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A lyric replacement for falling in love
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But now that the well is dry
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I can't understand what I've been singing of...
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Do you know what it is to love?
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To really love?
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To really love....
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Do I?
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I cycled by your house
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I saw you on the lawn
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I see you all the time
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Now that you are gone
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I tried to call your name
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But something made me stop
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I call you once a day
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Until you call the cops
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And told them it was me
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I filled a plastic bag
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with everything I wrote
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I threw it off a bridge
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and thought that it would float.
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The water made it sink
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the bag was bleeding ink.
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I wished that I could swim
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I wished that I could drink
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I wished that it was me.
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It's bleaker than you think
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I'm running out of ink
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Give a guy a break
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This is what it takes
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To drive a man to drink
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I'm running out of ink
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Give a guy a break
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This is what it takes
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To drive a man to drink
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To drive a man to drink
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To drive a man to drink
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Running Out Of Ink
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Barenaked Ladies |