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Drug Dealer
04:42
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when that town by the sea fell they were just waiting to descend
like buzzards on a rotten piece of meat
and what they sold you was a lie, but you bought it anyways
'cause when you're starving you'll do anything to eat
and they say i grew up wrong, but it was all i ever knew
and i swear i gave it everything i had
but then you turned eighteen and headed to Toronto with a dream
i stood there watching how you never once looked back
but even the drug dealers here would tell you times are tough
the hard living catches up with you til you say enough's enough
and if you fall along the way, well darling promise me
that if you're gonna lie to get something then lie to get something you need
when the company pulled out, your mother swore she'd find a way
that woman's faith was always oh so strong
but the hard times surely came, we medicated them away
lying on your floor we lost it to some song
and your dad said he'd handle it, he'd cut out that evil's root
as he sunk into his chair with one more drink
and i'm still living here and living with the words you told to me
despite it all you know i still care what you think
even the drug the dealers here would tell you times are tough
the hard living catches up with you til you say enough's enough
and if you fall along the way, well darling promise me
that if you're gonna lie to get something then lie to get something you need
if you're gonna lie to get something
then lie to get something you need
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Your Old Name
04:47
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i lie to myself more than anyone
i guess i'm just used to the way it sounds
and i make up most of my problems
and you hate that about me you say that it brings you down
you say that i bring you down
then you say that i'm not who you used to know
when you fell in love back in '84
when i had a band, you still liked disco
and when you wanted to dance you just pulled me on the floor
you just pulled me on the floor
now we're too late
too old
too many layers came between us
i'll go
spare you the shame
when they ask 'bout you
i'll say that you're well
and the last i heard you were going by your old name
i wanted you then more than anyone
guess you don't remember it like i do
when i lied for us and hurt someone
threw it away just so i could be with you
just so i could be with you
so where is the girl from the shitty clubs
with her hair pulled back, biting her lip
when you asked how i knew it was love
holding out while i was begging for it
yea i was begging for it..
now we're too late
too old
too many layers came between us
i'll go
spare you the shame
when they ask 'bout you
i'll say that you're well
and the last i heard you were going by your old name
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