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I drew pictures of you
Long before I met you
Just a fragment of my mind
I had called out for you
Almost every night
Precious things are hard to find
It was just an evening
Much like any else
When you came into my life
It takes one to know one
And I saw you there
As I had seen you all my life
I thank a God I've never met
Never loved, never wanted (for you)
I write it so I don't forget
Never let it get away
I wear a picture of you
Just to keep you safe
Now that I have you
I will not forget
What a miracle you are
No childish expectation
Love is not the answer
But the line that marks the start
I thank a God I've never met
Never loved, never wanted (for you)
I write it so I don't forget
Never let it get away
I keep a picture of you
Just to keep you safe
I thank a God I've never met
Never loved, never wanted
I write it so I won't forget
Never let it get away
I keep a picture of you
Just to keep you safe
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What Can You Say
02:17
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What can you say to remind me
How to be loved by you?
Wave to the winding
River, it's a view of you
For the long grass growing in silence
There's an equal knowing inside us
Calmly showing for to guide us
Pray you can find me
I've been busy turning into
More transparent
I could look a lot like you
For the sharp glass cutting of the cold wind
The sharp glass losing of your best friend
The story bruising as it's written
Rain in your bedroom
This is how I love you back
To follow the red moon
Follow her and never look back
There's a star that's glowing on your eyelash
And the wet light moaning as we rehash
Oh my darling
What can you say to remind me
How to be loved by you?
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I call you, to see you again
So I can win, and this can finally end
Spend an hour doing my makeup
To prove something
Walk up in my high heels
All high and mighty
And you say, "Hello"
And I lose
'Cause nobody butters me up like you, and
Nobody fucks me like me
In the morning, in a taxi
I'm so very paying for-
Why am I lonely for lonesome love?
Why am I lonely for lonesome love?
Why am I lonely?
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Bless the Telephone
01:56
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It's nice to hear your voice again
I've waited all day long
Even wrote a song for you
It's strange, the way you make me feel
With just a word or two
I'd like to do the same for you
It's nice to hear you say "hello"
And "how are things with you?
I love you"
But very soon it's time to go
An office job to do
While I'm here writing songs for you
Strange
How a phone call can change your day
Take you away
Away
From the feeling of being alone
Bless the telephone
It's nice, the way you say my name
Not very fast or slow, just soft and low
The same as when you tell me how you feel
I feel the same way, too
I'm very much in love with you
I'm very much in love with you
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Izumi Seattle, Washington
Half Japanese kid in Seattle letting it all out
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