Jon Fratelli

The Band Was Playing Just For Me

Jon Fratelli


Tom: D

[Intro]
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You waved goodbye on the other side
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And I said "Hello, why don't you ever leave me?"
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But she crossed the room and she tried to hide
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I said "I told you once. Why don't you believe me?"
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And the pink light shined and knocked me blind
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I said "Would you mind if I tried to make this easy?"
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And she clenched her eyes and she rolled her fists
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And she wondered out loud what it takes to please me

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I was halfway to the door
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And in the street, the band was playing just for me

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Well I once knew her like I knew me
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Nobody could see how she could own me
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In the room I was petrified and I tried
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My best to hide how she could use me
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In neon signs a hundred feet high
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I no doubt live forever, she would want me
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And I was left in no such doubt and in 
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That one sweet moment, she would haunt me

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And in my dreams and in my nightmares
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The band was there, playing just for me

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I would die for you she cried
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I tried not to decide how I would leave her
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There was nothing left to tell myself
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I wonder if I could believe her

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No time to hide, no time to lie
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No time to watch the world pass me by
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No time to grin, no time to choose
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No time to chase the ghosts from my shoes
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No time to win, no time to bawl
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No time to creep and no time to crawl
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No time for sleep, no time for sin
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No time to lose, and nothing to win
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No time for heroics, no time to feed
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Nothing to confess, hard to concede
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No time for sin, no time for love
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Sex was a curse sent from above
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No time to cry, no time to explain
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Nothing to scream and no one to blame
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No time for silence, no time at all
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No time to fail, and nowhere to fall
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No time to hide, no time to lie
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No time to watch the world pass me by
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No time to grin, no time to choose
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No time to chase the ghosts from my shoes
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No time to sleep, no time for sin
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No time to lose and no time to win