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20170628 - The Guns We Gave Them

from The Song Diary II by Paleo

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lyrics

I feel like I’ve been dating McCarthy, honest.
I’m no Adonis, but you’ve been a boar
drinking from the emptiest half of the glass.
No wonder you’re always asking for more.
You want me to change.
I thought you liked me this way.
You want me to change.
It makes me wonder why you wanted me
in the first place?

We used to be the life of the party, remember?
We’d paint the town red every night.
Now when the applause sign lights up you boo,
when the laugh sign lights up you cry.
You want me to change.
I thought you liked me this way.
You want me to change.
It makes me wonder why you wanted me
in the first place?

Outward from the cells of our prisons like light
through a prism in the hand of a child
whose attention you can capture but cannot hold.
The rainbow gets old. It’s kinda wild
how they want you to change.
You thought they liked you this way?

They'll use the guns we gave them.
They'll use the guns we gave them.
They'll use the guns we gave them.
They'll use the guns we gave them.
The guns we gave them....

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from The Song Diary II, released April 15, 2018

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