Summer snapped in half and half flippin' coffee creamers
Twenty times, that's a good sign, like a four-leaf clover
Downtown was filled with the sounds of the full and the part time losers
And when we stepped up to the bar, you asked for a cigarette
And the years just melted away right then
And I saw all the ways that we've changed and the decisions that we made
And I wasn't hurt or afraid
Some skin holds night in

Some gifts go unrequited
I dreamed I was holding my breath
Go down again till I'm breathing in water
And breaking like the day, getting in your way


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    amazing

    xtstlxon July 14, 2005   Link
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    i really really love this one

    danisonfireon November 28, 2006   Link
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    I only heard this for the first time about a minute ago, and found it amazing. Such a great song.

    shrodeson November 30, 2006   Link

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