Do me a favor, would you please
Hang up the receiver on me
Before I, before I talk my vocabulary dry.

[Chorus:]
Cold colas to coexist
Hold sodas in both her fists
I...I'd hoped for a different you.
There's comfort in the clamor of cafés
Solace from the abyss of days
I...I'd hoped for a different you.
Still I trace your gaze
But that's stalker praise, and I lack the turn of phrase

Do me a favor, would you, my Doe
Don't come over later, don't spend two days in a row
I know my pre-calculated charm will soon run low.

[Chorus]

Every morning through Ma's twin rose trellises
Grammar, middle, and Lake High
Barber college, through Ma's twin rose trellises

I'd planned to pick for you a rose; my hell, this is
A plan's as close as I'll ever get; my hell, this is
I haven't yet, I haven't yet, I haven't yet...

[Chorus]

Do me a favor, be rational
Save me the labor of the breakup call
Just assume the worst
When the phone don't ring, dismiss me to the hearse



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    You kinda got the lyrics all mixed up its like this:

    Do me a favor, would you please Hang up the receiver on me Before i, before i talk my vocabulary dry.

    Cold colas to coexist Hold sodas in both her fists I...i'd hoped for a different you There's comfort in the clamor of cafes Solace from the abyss of days I...i'd hoped for a different you Still i trace your gaze But that's stalker praise, and i lack the turn of phase.

    Do me a favor, would you, my Doe Don't come over later, don't spend two days in a row I know my pre-calcutated charm will soon run low.

    Cold colas to coexist Hold sodas in both her fists I...i'd hoped for a different you There's comfort in the clamor cafes Solace form the abyss of days I...i'd hoped for a different you Still i trace your gaze But that's stalkers praise, and i lack the turn of phrase.

    Every morning through Ma's twin rose trellises Grammar, middle lake high Barber's college, through Ma's twin rose trellises I'd planned to pick a rose, my hell, this is A plan's as close as ill ever get, my hell, this is I havent yet, i havent yet.

    Cold colas coexist Hold sodas in both her fists I...i'd hoped for a different you There's comfort in the clamor of cafes Solace from the abyss of days I...i'd hoped for a different you Still i trace your gaze But that's stalker praise, and i lack the turn of phrase.

    Do me a favor, be rational Save me the labor of the breakup call Just assume the worst When the phone dont ring dismiss me to the hearse.

    It took me a while to get all the words right but i got it!

    Shiney!on January 15, 2008   Link

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