Your knees are bruised up You don't even know what you're worshiping Outside the sun rises In the silence of another suicide scene There's nothing sacred
O' say, can you see by the dawn's early light? We get 'em young, give 'em guns and ship 'em off to fight While the rocket's red glare is keeping everyone
The room filled up with water and the roar of the crowd died down They didn't hold their breath, they just waited to drown Now, I'm just the ghost in
She draws the costume correct In thick, black and red eyeliner Yeah, she's too young for the club But the guys at the door don't mind her The boys are
It's the start of a bright new day As the light finds its way through The curtains at the end of my night I'm alive in a city of dead people rising for
You said your hope was lost. My eyes were stinging hot. The first of the tears to fall hurts the worst of all. I had it all planned out, what I was going
I felt you come to life on my fingertips I mixed your blood with mine Wanted to feel like this forever Wanted to feel like this I've got nothing left
Let's put a new coat of paint On this lonesome old town Set 'em up, set 'em up We'll be knockin' 'em down You wear a dress babe I'll wear a tie, we'll
I heard it on the radio Let it be, so I let go See if it made a difference I tried to walk a different pace Show the world, the other face I hide away
It's strange that it's you That's doing this Love's a window ledge You're talking me down from it Like you can, like you can Talk it away If I say this
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I got my G.E.D with a 2.2 I couldn't take four more in a business school Just to spend another 20 in a cubicle So I got a summer job cleaning swimming
Put you to bed, bed, bed Put you to bed, bed, bed Girl, change into that Victoria Secret thing that I like Alright, okay, tonight you're having me your
Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer Up, up
The saddest smile Can fill my heart with lies To laugh or cry That's what it's all about I just can't figure out I said, goodnight And hung up the phone
Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town Set 'em up, we'll be knockin' em down You wear a dress, baby, I'll wear a tie We'll laugh at that
Your heart feels so right Your eyes swim in the beer Where the barroom lights are hung And with your friend Jojo And with your friend Pierre You drink
This one for the radio Don't make plans for dinner I'm a put you up on the stove And take off all of your clothes girl watch me cook Until you get nice