This could be anywhere or you could be anyone or
If this is a catastrophe or it's hardcore blasphemy
It's half horsepower up a steep steep hill
It's rabid nuns with the urge to kill
It's an anti climax with an overtone
I'm trying to call god on my cellular phone
But...

You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry yourself to sleep, cry yourself to sleep
You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry baby, cry yourself to sleep

It could be anytime or it could be any place or
If this is a catastrophe or it's hardcore blasphemy
There's burnt out cars on the side of the road
There's 18 wheelers with empty loads
There's my open letter to the king of the world
We're selling our souls for the love
But...

You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry yourself to sleep, cry yourself to sleep
You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry baby, cry yourself to sleep
Oh you can't change me, oh you can't change me
Go and cry, cry yourself to sleep
Oh you can't, no you can't, oh you can't change me
Go and cry, cry yourself to sleep

See it was a then, a then
I never changed a thing
She's all over my shoulder, she's all over my skin
In gas in gas, you're soaking me in gas
You ask me for a lighter, you ask me for a match
You ask me for a match
You ask me for a match
You ask me for a match

You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry yourself to sleep, cry yourself to sleep
You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry baby, cry yourself to sleep
Oh you can't change me, oh you can't change me
Go and cry, cry yourself to sleep
Oh you can't, no you can't, no you can't change me
Go and cry, try, cry yourself to sleep

You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry yourself to sleep, cry yourself to sleep
Oh you can't change me, no
Cry, cry yourself to sleep

You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry yourself to sleep, cry yourself to sleep
You can't change me, you can't change me
So cry yourself to sleep, cry yourself to sleep
Cry baby, cry baby, look me in the eye baby (you can't change me, you can't change me)
You can't change me
Cry baby, cry baby, look me in the eye baby
You can't change me
Cry baby cry, look me in the eye baby
You can't change me
Cry baby cry, look me in the eye baby
You can't change me




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