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Go Away

Turn back time

Don't waste a dime

Walk right past

Tell you to kiss my ass

Everything was going great

Til you opened the flood gate

Now all I feel is hate

Could careless about your fate

Its funny

Cuz at one time I loved you like I love money

You were my shining star

Now your just a nasty scar

The itch, the burn

It always returns

Why can't you just go away

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Before She Came (The Girl From Kansas)

Before She Came (The Girl From Kansas)

 

before she came

I stood here

for what seemed

like eons

with a blood red sun

setting behind me

my head full

of nothing more

than sawdust

straw

and dreams

a hole in my chest

where beetles

scuttled

happy

come rain or shine

my only fear

that crows might see

through me

be brav...

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