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(Nina Gordon)
From the album 'Bleeding Heart Graffiti' by Nina Gordon
Transcription by Phil Gardner

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Rolling through the canyon blasting Heartbreaker,
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I see your famous face riding next to me,
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We smile at each other 'cause we know we know each other,
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But damn if I'm gonna talk to you again,
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I always thought that you were funny,
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I always thought we could be friends,
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But the way you treated her in the end.

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All the horses and all the men couldn't bring her back again,
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And we tried so hard, we couldn't save her day,
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All the millions and the billions of stars that shine into her eyes,
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Are barely bright enough to light her way.

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So she covered herself in sorrow and shame,
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And smoke and mirrors and fame,
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And fake love, angry love, bad love and sad love,
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And damn if I didn't almost do the same.
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And now sometimes I think I see her, and I can almost hear her cry,
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I hear those chilling words she chose to say goodbye.

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All the horses and all the men couldn't bring her back again,
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And we tried so hard, we couldn't save her day,
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All the millions and the billions of stars that shine into her eyes,
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Are barely bright enough to light her way.

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He was predictable, cliche, and cruel to you,
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He made it ugly, and he made it high-school,
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He said I love you, I need you, I want you, I'll feed you,
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I get you, I've got you, I'll catch you and I'll keep you,
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My sweet, you will never be sad again,
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He said my sweet, you will never be sad again.

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All the horses and all the men couldn't bring her back again,
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And we tried so hard, we couldn't save her day,
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All the millions and the billions of stars that shine into her eyes,
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I swear sometimes I can almost hear her say...

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We're just bones and a name, we all go out the way we came,
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So don't you try to tell me that love is all we need,
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We're just bones and a name, we all go out the way we came,
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So don't you try to tell me that love is all we need,
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Don't you try to tell me that love is all we need.


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