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Popping Pills

Those Old Country Songs - Don't Forget To Tell Him - The Dream I Had Last Night - Down Mexico Way - The Long Walk to Freedom

We Don't Care Anymore - Everybody Knows - This Pain Inside - Popping Pills - I'm A Loser Again - We've Fought Once Too Often Now

all songs written by John Miller

One Excuse Too Many

One Excuse Too Many - Leave My Darling Alone - All Alone - I Close My Eyes - Another Sweetheart On Your Mind - The Water Of Life

Acting Like A Stranger - A Real Ghost Town - Just Let Me Know - The Last Thing I Want To Do - Two Into Three Won't Go - Butt Out

all songs written by John Miller

Still Carrying A Flame

Take It From Somebody Who Knows - I’m Still Carrying A Flame - Heavy Hangs The Head - My Dreaming Party

My Baby Ain’t My Baby Anymore - Mama Says No - I Just Can’t Live Without You - Take Me Back To San Francisco - Let Me Go

Tiny Sweetheart Roses - Feeling Sorry For Ourselves - Trucking On Back To You

all songs written by John Miller

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Popping Pills

ONE OF THOSE OLD COUNTRY SONGS

It’s hard to keep the ghosts at bay and stop my life from going astray

I struggle for new words to say so I just sing along... With all of those old country songs

I’m trying to find a line or two that maybe I could use on you

Some phrase I'm sure you never knew or ever heard before... But there’s no use to try anymore

And I sure am in a sorry state when the only thing that makes my day is hearing James Burton play guitar

Oh why does every one of those old songs make me want to sing along before too long they make me want to cry

I believe I'd like to try to find some meaning to my life I’ve made a few mistakes

and I've been on the road too long... Like one of those old country songs

And I sure am in a sorry state when the only thing that makes my day is hearing James Burton play guitar

Oh why does every one of those old songs make me want to sing along before too long they make me want to cry

I guess I'd really like to try to find some meaning to my life I’ve made a few mistakes

and I've been on the road too long... Like one of those old country songs

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DON'T FORGET TO TELL HIMM

If you're out tonight and having a good time. Remember that you promised to be mine

And if someone puts his heart out on his sleeve for you. Remember I'm the one whose love is really true

Don’t forget to tell him you’re in love with me. Don’t forget to tell him that you’re mine

And if he tries to tell you that your heart is free. Don’t forget to tell him that he’s wasting his time

If you’re in some honky-tonk with your new friends. Remember how you swore our love would never end

And if some guy should try to steal your love away. Then darling you know what you have to say

Don’t forget to tell him you’re in love with me. Don’t forget to tell him that you’re mine

And if he tries to tell you that your heart is free. Don’t forget to tell him that he’s wasting his time

Well I don’t mind you going out and having fun. I’m not the kind of guy to keep you locked up at home

But when the night is over and the hour is late. Don’t forget the love that sits at home and waits

And if some guy should try his best to take you home. Remember that your love is mine and mine alone

Don’t forget to tell him you’re in love with me. Don’t forget to tell him that you’re mine

And if he tries to tell you that your heart is free. Don’t forget to tell him that he’s wasting his time

No don’t forget to tell him that he’s wasting his time

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THE DREAM I HAD LAST NIGHT

Oh what a dream I had last evening I dreamed that our love had all gone wrong

I dreamed I saw you out walking with some fellow that I didn't know

I dreamed I took out my pistol and waited till I had him in my sights

Then I shot him right between the eyes in the dream that I had last night

Oh what a dream I had this morning I dreamed I'd awoken by myself

I dreamed I wasn't in our bedroom I was lying in a cold grey prison cell

I dreamed the warden stood there laughing and said today you're bound to die

For the man that you shot he died on the spot in the dream that you had last night

I can’t believe that I was only dreaming it all seems so very real

I wonder if there's some hidden meaning that is soon going to be revealed

Oh what a dream I had this evening I dreamed I was lying in my grave

But I wasn't buried in the churchyard for they said that my soul could not be saved

I dreamed the devil came to take me to a place where the fires burn so bright

And I'll never return for I'm destined to burn in the dream that I had tonight

Yes I dreamed that the devil came to take me to a place where the fires burn so bright

And I'll never return for I'm destined to burn in the dream that I had tonight

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DOWN MEXICO WAY

There's a little town just south of the border with a cantina friendly and clean

And there's a lady who's waiting to take your order with a smile that's as wide as the sea

She's got eyes that sparkle out under the moonlight and if you don't believe that is true

Just ask her outside when the moon's shining bright and you’ll fall in love with her too

I’m in love with the lady in a little cantina down Mexico way

She's as sweet as the flowers that bloom in the desert for only one day

But unlike those blossoms her beauty does not die away

that's why I love the lady in a little cantina... Down Mexico way

She's a sight to behold when I'm hungry and cold and her beauty is beyond compare

And I love the way that she pours me tequila as if it was precious and rare

And late at night when it starts to get quiet she comes over and sits by my side

And the look in her eyes makes me realise that I want to make her my bride

I’m in love with the lady in a little cantina down Mexico way

She's as sweet as the flowers that bloom in the desert for only one day

But unlike those blossoms her beauty does not die away

that's why I love the lady in a little cantina... Down Mexico way

And late at night when it starts to get quiet she comes over and sits by my side

And the love in her eyes makes me realise that I want to make her my bride

I’m in love with the lady in a little cantina down Mexico way

She's as sweet as the flowers that bloom in the desert for only one day

But unlike those blossoms her beauty does not die away

that's why I love the lady in a little cantina... Down Mexico way

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TAKING THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

I’m taking the long walk to freedom at last I'm going away from here

I’m counting the hours till they take me to a place where my heart will feel no fear

Thirty years I have lain here in this prison that's ten more than I spent outside

And they've taken their toll on my body but they could never take my pride

I'm taking the long walk to freedom Don't shed no tears over me

I'm taking the long walk to freedom to be with my saviour today

I'm taking the long walk to freedom before too long I'll be gone

I'm taking a small white slab of marble in exchange for this cold grey tomb of stone

I've given up most of my lifetime to pay for the wrong I have done

Now I'm gonna spend a little fine time with Jesus around that golden throne

I'm taking the long walk to freedom Don't shed no tears over me

I'm taking the long walk to freedom to be with my saviour today

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WE DON'T CARE ANYMORE

We don’t care any more if we’re wrong or if we’re right

We don’t bother any more to keep our feelings out of sight

When we lay there every night beneath the covers It’s plain to see we don’t care for each other

We don't care for each other

When we were younger we acted like we were fools We had no thought or need for playing by the rules

But we found out the hard way not to push too far for the rules were made by people who are smarter than we are

We don’t care any more if we’re wrong or if we’re right

We don’t bother any more to keep our feelings out of sight

When we lay there every night beneath the covers It’s plain to see we don’t care for each other

We don't care for each other

We set our love in motion threw caution to the side Now we’re lost upon an ocean of tears that we have cried

And in this sea of make believe we’re going to drown For with every passing day we’re getting further down

And we’re too far from the shore to reach a lifeline So I know we’re never going to make it back this time

We don’t care any more if we’re wrong or if we’re right

We don’t bother any more to keep our feelings out of sight

When we lay there every night beneath the covers It’s plain to see we don’t care for each other

We don't care for each other

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EVERYBODY KNOWS

Everybody knows my heart is breaking everybody knows it’s true

Everybody knows how much I'm aching but nobody knows what to do

And everybody needs someone to lean on when they’re down everybody knows you ain’t around

I’ve told everyone in town and all the county too there's no-one else around that I can tell my troubles to

And everybody knows I feel so lonely without you everybody knows you’ve been untrue

Everybody knows how much I'm crying everybody sees my teardrops fall

Everybody knows how much I'm dying waiting around for your call

And everybody knows I'm trying to get by on my own For everybody knows you wont be home

I’ve told everyone in town and all the county too there's no-one else around that I can tell my troubles to

And everybody knows how much I miss you now you’re gone And everybody knows you done me wrong

Everybody knows you done me wrong

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THIS PAIN INSIDE

Guess mine is not the first heart to break this time I've had more than I can take

If I thought there was a way don’t you think I'd take it If I thought there was a way to ease this pain inside

My mind is playing tricks on me now when I'm trying to sort myself out

it keeps letting me down Just when I think I'll make it and I wish there was a way to ease this pain inside

Teardrops prick the back of my eyes and I don’t know why

I know that I should let it all out but sometimes I don’t remember how to cry

Guess mine is not the first heart to break is time I've had more than I can take

If I thought there was a way don’t you think I'd take it If I thought there was a way to ease this pain inside

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POPPING PILLS

Now gather around me all you rambling men and hear this tale that I must tell

It’s about a fellow from down in Alabam I’m sure you knew him well

He loved to sing and he loved to love and he loved a cold cold beer

But his soul went up to the good lord above at a very early year

Popping pills is gonna get you passing thrills but they won’t let you slip away

they won’t forget you they’re gonna steal your soul some day

I’ll tell you about a fellow who’s been around a while He’s been twice to Hell and back

He doesn’t dress in the most particular style but everything he wears is black

He found his Jesus then he seemed to lose the way for the devil had him in his grip

Now it wont be long some unkind people say before he takes his final trip

Popping pills is gonna get you passing thrills but they won’t let you slip away

they won’t forget you they’re gonna steal your soul some day

Now finally let me tell you about another crazy guy, one of Nashville’s favourite sons

He missed so many concerts through getting way too high they called him no show Jones

Just one drink, just one more was his idea of fun he thought he’d have himself a ball

Now he takes great pleasure in telling everyone that he lived to tell it all

Popping pills is gonna get you passing thrills but they won’t let you slip away

they won’t forget you they’re gonna steal your soul some day

Good Lord they’re gonna steal your soul some day

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I'M A LOSER AGAIN

I'm a loser again as you walk out the door No use to pretend if you don't love me anymore

Did I hear you say we'll always be friends Why don't you stay if you feel that way I'm a loser again

I'm a loser again you've let me down The whole town knows you're out running round

And as that warning bell starts ringing again I find I'm alone I might have known I'm a loser again

The whole world's banging on my shoulders for a piece of the action

But there ain't no satisfaction in loving someone with nothing in return

I'm a loser again you've broken my heart My wonderland is falling apart

And as it finally comes to this bitter end I sit and cry you know why I'm a loser again

I sit and cry you know why I'm a loser again

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WE'VE FOUGHT ONCE TOO OFTEN NOW

I guess we’ve fought just once too often now. You would have thought we’d learned our lesson by now

We really ought to try to sort this out somehow but I guess we’ve fought just once too often now

We tend to have these little quarrels now and then But we always take a deep breath count to ten then start again

But from your last attack there's no way back so why pretend I guess if hearts break once too often they never mend

I guess we’ve fought just once too often now. You would have thought we’d learned our lesson by now

We really ought to try to sort this out somehow but I guess we’ve fought just once too often now

The angry words that we exchange all sound the same Its always the same thing over and over again

We should both agree if we should leave or is it worthwhile staying Before we drive the both of us insane

I guess we’ve fought just once too often now. You would have thought we’d learned our lesson by now

We really ought to try to sort this out somehow but I guess we’ve fought just once too often now

I know love is just a game but it can go wrong there are no rules on the box We make them up as we go along

I guess we’ve fought just once too often now. You would have thought we’d learned our lesson by now

We really ought to try to sort this out somehow but I guess we’ve fought just once too often now

To love till death we part was our true vow but I guess we’ve fought just once too often now

I guess we’ve fought just once too often now

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One Excuse Too Many

ONE EXCUSE TOO MANY

Don’t say a word don’t even try to explain what kept you out so late this evening

For I have heard enough of your lies you’ve used one excuse too many to believe in

I can’t believe the feelings I once had for you now there's a suitcase in the corner that screams for your clothes

For I've finally come to see what I want you to do There's a bus on the corner take it as far as it goes

But don't say a word don't even try to explain the way you think things ought to be

For I have heard enough of your lies you've used one excuse too many for me

I used to get so tired waiting up for you while your late nights just got later all the time

Now I've just grown tired of you trying to make me blue It’s too late now to change my mind

So don't say a word don't even try to explain what you can do to make things right

For I have heard enough of your lies you've used one excuse too many tonight

For I have heard enough of your lies you've used one excuse too many, your words sound so empty

You've used one excuse too many tonight

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LEAVE MY DARLING ALONE

Please leave my darling alone

I saw your roving eye light on my baby

While we were all out dancing tonight

And I saw the way you flirted with that lady

Let me tell you Mister it ain't right

I know you could have your choice of all the lovely girls

But for me she is the only one

So please leave my darling alone

It's not fair you could come here

With your fancy clothes and things

And turn the heart of someone else's girl

Take a love I thought was strong enough to buy the ring

And use it to destroy my very world

She's my only chance of lasting happiness

And my life would be a mess if she were gone

So please leave my darling alone

I saw your roving eye light on my baby

While we were all out dancing tonight

And I saw the way you flirted with that lady

Let me tell you Mister it ain't right

I know you could pick and choose whatever girl appeals to you

But for me she is the only one

So please leave my darling alone

Please leave my darling alone, Please leave my darling alone

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ALL ALONE

I'm all alone in this cold, wicked world. No-one to call my own

I gave it all for the love of a girl who very soon was gone, gone, gone

All alone without a friend to comfort me when I’m blue

I lost the one true love I’d known when she broke my heart in two

I used to believe She was the girl for me and together we would grow old

How could I know She’d hurt me so and her love would grow so cold

I fell out of touch with folks who meant so much and gave all my attention to her

Now no-one’s there with a shoulder to spare on which to cry these bitter tears

I'm all alone in this cold, wicked world. No-one to call my own

I gave it all for the love of a girl who very soon was gone, gone, gone

All alone without a friend to comfort me when I’m blue

I lost the one true love I’d known when she broke my heart in two

I can’t comprehend why our love had to end when I thought that she was the one

It hurt to discover our romance was over before it had even begun

I felt from the start that ‘til death do us part was a vow we could easily make

It was my fate to find out too late I was making my greatest mistake

For she was not the marrying kind, could not be faithful to me

I only wish I’d realised before I was destined to be

All alone in this cold, wicked world. No-one to call my own

I gave it all for the love of a girl who very soon was gone, gone, gone

All alone without a friend to comfort me when I’m blue

I lost the one true love I’d known when she broke my heart in two

Hmm… she broke my heart in two

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I CLOSE MY EYES

I close my eyes against the morning light as another day of loneliness begins

Wondering why, if things were going so right, I’m left without her loving again

I could cry until I hurt my eyes but I’m just wasting good water and salt

And if I die because I can’t live without her, it’s no-one else’s fault

It’s just one of those get up in the morning, stretching and yawning, stumbling downstairs in a haze

Trying to stay awake and finding myself shaking feeling forsaken kind of days

I close my eyes so I don’t have to see those dirty dishes piling tall

It won’t be long till I forget to eat then the squalor won’t bother me at all

I could lie and say I don’t miss her, I don’t care if she never comes home

But behind the pretence of laughter I’m still left here all alone

Facing one of those late in the evening, crying and grieving, seeing it all in a different light

Drowning my sorrow, can’t face tomorrow, pining for her kind of nights

I close my eyes against the coming night as the darkness closes in

Wondering why, if things were going so right, I’m left without her loving again

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ANOTHER SWEETHEART ON YOUR MIND

I can’t believe that you’d really leave. I thought the love we had was doing just fine

Now way too late you’re telling me that you’ve got another sweetheart on your mind

I couldn’t see that you were acting strange. I couldn’t understand the warning signs.

I just don’t know when you began to change but you’ve got another sweetheart on your mind

There ain’t no use me telling you the way I feel today

You’re only going to take my heart and break it anyway

How could it be that I could be so blind. Now you’ve got another sweetheart on your mind

I believed that your sinful heart was true. I thought you’d always say that you were mine

But now my dreams are battered and blue for you’ve got another sweetheart on your mind

You’ve got another sweetheart on your mind

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THE WATER OF LIFE

Oh the water of life is golden brown It picks me up when I feel down

Lord I wish that I could drown In the water of life... so golden brown

It don't come from a faucet it don't come from a stream It don't fall from the mountains or follow rivers to the sea

It don't come from the oceans like waves upon the sand It just comes from this bottle that I'm holding in my hand

Oh the water of life is golden brown It picks me up when I feel down

Lord I wish that I could drown In the water of life... so golden brown

It don't come from an oasis in a desert burning bright It don't fall from the heavens like raindrops in the night

It don't come from the great lakes in some far off northern land It just comes from this bottle that I'm holding in my hand

Oh the water of life is golden brown It picks me up when I feel down

Lord I wish that I could drown In the water of life... so golden brown

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ACTING LIKE A STRANGER

There you go acting like a stranger causing me all kinds of pain

For I don’t know what you’re trying to say Or why you feel this way

And I can’t shake... This feeling of danger You’re acting like a stranger again today

Why should you act so cold my dear Do you want to make me cry I only want to hold you near but I'm afraid to try

It seems your love for me is dying it weakens by the day And I can’t help but wonder why you have to act this way, but

There you go acting like a stranger causing me all kinds of pain

For I don’t know what you’;re trying to say Or why you feel this way

And I can’t shake... This feeling of danger You’re acting like a stranger again today

Once we were so content and everything was fine

Now it’s like you never meant it when You promised to be mine

I Don’t know where the time has gone It's passed so quickly now

I thought nothing could go wrong Now my world’s tumbling down, And

There you go acting like a stranger causing me all kinds of pain For

don’t know what you’re trying to say Or why you feel this way

And I can’t shake... This feeling of danger You’re acting like a stranger again today

You’re acting like a stranger again today

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A REAL GHOST TOWN

Nestled in a valley of rolling hills by the side of a river are some cotton mills

And it’s nigh on thirty years since they shut down

It was back in sixty-eight that the factory finally closed it’s gates

And turned this place into a real ghost town

With no work to do folks moved away and the town fell into a state of decay

Until one day some bright spark came around

He said there ain’t no gold in them there hills but there’s money in them cotton mills

If we turn this place into a real ghost town

We’ll make one of those mills a hotel and another one will do real well

If we fill it’s shell with a shopping mall

And the last of all we’ll strip inside and replace it with a fairground ride

So folks can come and have themselves a ball

Yes they decided history is a million dollar industry and they love to see you lay your money down

They’ll slap your heritage on aplate and serve it to you while you wait

Ain’t it great inside a real ghost town

Now one of those mills is a hotel and another one’s doing real well

Since they filled it’s shell with a shopping mall

And the last of all they’ve stripped inside and replaced it with a fairground ride

So come along and have yourself a ball

Yes step right up and meet your host she’s a real-life genuine man-made ghost

From coast to soast her legend is renowned

People come from far and near and there’s hundreds of thousands every year

Tthey all want to hear about a real ghost town

And we’d love to see you here inside a real ghost town

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JUST LET ME KNOW

You told me you were leaving with the morning light and I hung my head and cried

There was nothing I could do to make things right but I'd like to have tried

If you change your mind tomorrow I'll be waiting here just let me know just let me know

I’d do anything to lose this sorrow that I feel just let me know just let me know

You told me you were leaving and I couldn’t think of a single word I could say

I knew it wouldn’t do no good but I felt like sinking to my knees to pray

If you change your mind tomorrow I'll be waiting here just let me know just let me know

I’d do anything to lose this sorrow that I feel just let me know just let me know

Just let me know just let me know

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THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO

You beg me to forgive you when you’ve done nothing wrong

You ask if you can lean on me but I've never been that strong

You can pour your heart out and I might just lend an ear but that's not what you came tonight to hear

I don't want to say its over or that I've found someone new That's the kind of story that can only make you blue

believe me that's the last thing that I want to do

I can’t bear to sit here and watch you while you cry You beg me to come running when all I want to do is fly

You turn around and tell me I might as well be free but its not the way I wanted it to be

I don't want to say its over or that I've found someone new That's the kind of story that can only make you blue

believe me that's the last thing that I want to do

I guess the time has come for me to say goodbye you ask me where I'm going but you never ask me why

We both know its wrong but we still don't know what's right

but that's the way its got to be tonight that's the way its got to be tonight

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TWO INTO THREE WON'T GO

I’ve never been the brightest star in God’s great universe but somehow my arithmetic has lately gotten worse

For I can’t seem to figure out the answer but I know that two into three won’t go

They tell me that the sum of parts is equal to the whole but somebody’s messing with your heart and he’s gotta be told

For I’m so scared he’ll take away the love I’ve come to know ans two into three won’t go

Two into three won’t go without tearing one apart And I know the end result is gonna be a broken heart

And you’re the one I’m counting on to just tell him no, tell him two into three won’t go

I’ve never understood the rule of probability but someone’s being made a fool and it’s probably me

Cause something doesn’t quite add up, the figures clearly show that two into three won’t go

Two into three won’t go without leaving one behind to be the remainder of a love I thought was mine

If you don’t want this division then you’ve got to tell him no, tell him two into three won’t go

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BUTT OUT

Well if I start to thinking about doing a little drinking and I do it once or twice

If my tongue gets thicker from too much liquor then, Brother, that’s my choice

I don’t need you complaining, my head’s got a brain and I don’t need your advice

So Butt Out, Butt Out, That’s what I’m telling you. Butt Out or there’s no telling what I’ll do

I might lose my head and start seeing red and take it out on you

If I’m too old or crazy to go chasing ladies through every Honky-Tonk in town

Too fond of the good times and showing no sign of ever settling down

Stop your hear a-bleeding I love the life I lead and I don’t need to see you frown

So Butt Out, Butt Out that’s what I’m telling you. Butt Out or there’s no telling what I’ll do

I may get me satisfaction but I might regret my actions if I take it out on you

Well, it’s not that I’m an angry man or self-control I lack

I just need my privacy so get the damn hell off my back

Well you claim that you’re choking on this thin I’m smoking. Saying it’s bad for your health

You’re giving me verbal for smoking something herbal that you can’t buy off the shelf

Well, Brother, it’s made for sharing but you’re so overbearing that I’m gonna keep it to myself

Butt Out, Butt Out that’s what I’m telling you. Butt Out or there’s no telling what I’ll do Oh, Lord

I might lose my head and start seeing red and take it out on you

I may get me satisfaction but I might regret my actions if I take it out on you

(YODEL)

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Still Carrying A Flame

TAKE IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS

Take it from somebody who knows she’s not the one for you

Take it from somebody who knows she’s gonna prove untrue

Well I know she makes you happy you’ve been telling everyone in town

But take it from somebody who knows she won’t stick around

Take it from somebody who knows she may be nice and sweet

But take it from somebody who knows what’s really underneath

For below that warm exterior beats a heart as cold as ice

Take it from somebody who knows or you’ll pay the price

Take it from somebody who knows the way she really feels

Her love is only just for show it ain’t the real deal

Take it from somebody who knows before you say goodbye

Take it from somebody who knows she’s gonna make you cry

For you may win her heart tonight but tomorrow you’re bound to lose

Take it from somebody who’s stood there in your shoes

Take it from somebody who knows, who’s seen the way she acts

She no sooner comes than goes. You gotta face the facts

Take it from somebody who knows she’s gonna prove untrue

Well I know she makes you happy you’ve been telling everyone in town

But take it from somebody who knows she won’t stick around

Take it from somebody who knows she won’t stick around

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I’M STILL CARRYING A FLAME

I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart

For a girl I used to love even though we’re far apart

I thought love was just a game. Guess I wasn’t too smart