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Afterglow
03:30
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Won't you stay?
Darling must you go?
It's awfully late
to be driving home
I stand and wait for you
to put on your clothes
And then you leave me sick in the afterglow
You made me say
I wouldn't get confused
It's only play
I shouldn't feel so used
A love vacation
A toy you didn't choose to sleep with
Feeling sick in the afterglow
Hey you caught me
Now hang me out to dry
Darling I'll be fine
A fish who thought he
Wouldn't feel the line
Feels it tugging all the time
Just how the bait's designed
I lie awake
I will not check my phone
It's too cliche
and I got prideful bones
that you could break
but I'll never let you know
the way you leave me sick in the afterglow
drift to sleep still sick with your afterglow
And hey you caught me
Now hang me out to dry
Darling I'll be fine
A fish who thought he
Wouldn't feel the line
Now I feel it all the time
Just how the bait's designed
Won't you
Ohh
Ahh
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Who was it that broke you
so that you keep breakin’ everybody else?
Did you fit your heart to hers before she left?
Cuz now you’re tryin’ em on like shoes from New Orleans to Santa Fe
I got way too much to lose to let you walk on me that way
So now I’m ridin’ down the road to Atlanta, Georgia
Towards my peace of mind
Oh I’m ridin’ down the road to Atlanta, Georgia,
To leave your halfway love behind
Two years now since you been gone
and I been doin’ fine out on my own
You said to leave a message at the tone
So if it’s just another voicemail getting lost out on the line
I’ll speak honestly and tell you I can’t stand being left behind
So now I’m ridin’ down the road to Atlanta, Georgia
Towards my peace of mind
Oh I’m ridin’ down the road to Atlanta, Georgia
To leave my halfway loves behind.
I think I been afraid too long
Oh I know
But still I picture you and want to marry you
Forgive me (I forgive you) taking so damn long
On the road to Atlanta, Georgia
Towards my peace of mind
Oh I’m ridin’ down the road to Atlanta, Georgia
To leave my halfway loves
No more heartbreak love
Honey put your hand in mine
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Marry Another Man
03:25
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Baby i know you didnt mean to
Let this get so out of hand
When you said you would leave I didn't think you
Would leave for more than just a couple one night stands
Oh,
I’m the one that you come back to
How could you
Go and marry another man?
We’ve had a hundred sweet reunions
Cried ten years of “last goodbyes”
Please let me form my own opinion
Look up and let me see no love inside your eyes
You know me best, and you’ve never seen me beg
But now I’m begging
Don’t marry another man
I thought I held the winning hand
but you left me holding aces high
Darlin, I'm done playing games--
Understand I would do anything to keep you
My love all I need is one more try
We could get married in the springtime
Or tonight for all I care
Long as I have you for a lifetime
I would speak the vows in city hall with no one there
All that matters is
I'm the one to take you home
I'm the one to hold you when we're finally alone
So please darlin
Don't marry the other man
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Mr. Love
02:54
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Who ate all your sad day sorrows?
Only Mr. Love can do
Took an endless tune of blue tomorrows
Wrote the hook to a dance for two
When it's cold outside
You'll feel warm in the light
Hey hey Mr. Love
Hey hey Mr. Love
Hey hey Mr. Love
Hey hey Mr. Love
The secret empty spaces
A no good lonely place in the atmosphere
You know you're goin' nowhere
A soul that drifts in wide and wasted mere
But something's near
A faded photograph
Forgotten songs you have been reminded of
By a face you saw today
Today
Who ate all your sad day sorrows?
Only Mr. Love can do
Took an endless tune of blue tomorrows
Wrote the hook to a dance for two
When it's cold outside
You'll feel warm in the light
Hey hey Mr. Love, hey hey
Ooh
That's alright
If one day love cannot be found
A silent film that once had sound
Do cry to your favorite scenes
Another gift Mr. Love brings
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