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Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Jade Bird Tribute EP

 Uh Huh

Does she wake up put on makeup in the bathroom
And go to work and stay real late and text you she'll be back soon
Bet her boss runs his fingers round her pretty blonde platinum do
I bet you never thought about that did you
And it's none of my business and I don't want to get involved
If you're thinking that she is good I think you should be told

She's got you on your knees like a little boy
Everybody sees that you're just a little toy
She's got a boxful that her daddy likely bought
She asks you if you love her and you nod and say uh huh

She wears short skirts so you don't ask her if you can check her phone
Talk about the guys at work so you feel ego central
Like fancy cars and football teams is she like continental
With a European accent does she speak so gentle
And it's none of my business and I don't want to get involved
If you're thinking that she is good God no, god no

She's got you where it hurts but you don't seem to see
That while she's out at work she's doing what you did to me
She's got you where it hurts but you don't seem to see
That while she's out at work she's doing what you did to me

My Motto

Now it hurts again because I'm left out I believed the promises
How does it hurt again I should know now better than to believe him
All this sorrow will be gone tomorrow
And that's my motto don't let them near enough to let me down
All this love ever does is break me now
And if it hurts so much to stay, then let him go that's my motto

I'm not a fool and Lord knows I'll be stupid if I still wanted you
But if I do I'll repeat the message until I don't
All this sorrow will be gone tomorrow
And that's my motto don't let them near enough to let me down
All this love ever does is break me now
And if it hurts so much to stay, then let him go that's my motto

And if you call no, I won't crawl back into your arms 
I fall alone because I'm better off being on my own
All this sorrow will be gone tomorrow
And that's my motto don't let them near enough to let me down
All this love ever does is break me now
And if it hurts so much to stay, then let him go that's my motto

Love Has All Been Done Before

Sick and tired of just letting you in just to let you down again
Exasperated with the expectation you'd be more than just a friend
But in honesty that I can be a fourth finger with four limbs to carry
Won't let you make a fool out of me see

You are good and you are pure the angel knocking at my door
But I need something, something more because love has all been done before
And you are sweet and you are nice keep me calm and satisfied
But I need something, something more because love has all been done before
Love has all been done before you are sweet and you are pure
But love has all been done before

You almost had me for a minute there giving my whole life to this love affair
Well I'm not gonna sit here and stroke your hair you almost had me for a minute there
It doesn't help that you mean well they say the devil's in the detail
And I'm trying not to raise hell but it's likely for the refill

Everything's a rerun before it's even begun
Tell me, what's the reason if everything's a season
Then I'm a setting sun we're already done
Sick and tired of just letting you in just to let you down again
Exasperated with the expectation you'd be more than just a friend
But in honesty that I can be a fourth finger with four limbs to carry
Won't let you make a fool out of me see

1994

My baby placed a bet on me I said that I'd do anything
He sat inside the front of his car he said you won't let me down, will ya?
And if you get caught tell them nothing at all say that I wasn't short of six feet tall
And if you get caught tell them nothing at all say that I was born in 1994

My baby went and closed his eyes I felt a gun upon my spine
No one tells you that love is this blind or maybe they did, I just thought it was a lie
And if you get caught tell them nothing at all say that I wasn't short of six feet tall
And if you get caught tell them nothing at all say that I was born in 1994

As I hand in the check I try to relax before the swords are drawn
The words in my head go on, and on and on and on
And if you get caught tell them nothing at all say that I wasn't short of six feet tall
And if you get caught tell them nothing at all say that I was born in 1994

Honeymoon

Why do I wake in the morning fate slowly crawls in
Why do I take what I'm born with and give it all to you?
I give everything I can never learn a thing
Now I'm suffering everything I do
To prove that I love you every day a honeymoon

Why do I take my own warnings you don't want it
Why do I tread between glass to make sure we last
When you won't help me out can you hear me now?
I give everything I can never learn a thing
Now I'm suffering everything I do
To prove that I love you every day a honeymoon

My lover in the morning light I wanna feel something that I want twice
My lover with your hairdo down why not try to change it now
Maybe if I start pleasing you nice finally, I would start to feel alright
I give everything I can never learn a thing
Now I'm suffering everything I do
To prove that I love you every day a honeymoon

Punchline

He's walking out head in his hands and he's too drunk to drive
He says out loud I've been asleep at the wheel my whole damn life
What a difference a day makes you started off thinking you were the top of your game
You were telling jokes with the sun rise but by the end of the day, you were looking like a punchline

Come on now why don't you spin us another great line?
Tell us how you're gonna make twenty in half the time
Fool around while I'm breaking my back to stay above the line
What a difference a day makes you started off thinking you were the top of your game
You were telling jokes with the sun rise but by the end of the day, you were looking like a punchline

It's a battle cry it's a screaming siren down the 305
It's a wedding band thrown out the window of a black sedan
But when the fire starts burning, you'll be begging me to start again
What a difference a day makes you started off thinking you were the top of your game
You were telling jokes with the sun rise but by the end of the day, you were looking like a punchline
He says out loud I've been asleep at the wheel my whole damn life

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