The Don

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I don't wanna fall asleep
I don't wanna wake up on my own
I don't wanna fall asleep
Lately, I've been tryin' to figure out
If I'm crazy, for wanting a reason to consume your poison
I've been feeling out of place
Miles apart but feet away
Strike me like a match stick
Weave me in your fabric, anything to get me through the day
I don't wanna fall asleep
I don't wanna wake up on my own
Swimming in an empty sheet
And it's drowning me
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause the ghost of you is all I've known
I don't wanna
I don't wanna fall asleep 'til you're next to me
Lately, thinking that I'd rather be
On the 15
To your one room apartment with 70's carpets
Missing what I've never met
Going all in on my bets
Letters and a cassette get it off of my chest
Anything to know you feel the same
I don't wanna fall asleep
I don't wanna wake up on my own
Swimming in an empty sheet
And it's drowning me
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause the ghost of you is all I've known
I don't wanna
I don't wanna fall asleep 'til you're next to me
I've been freaking out
Got me drunk on how
Every text you've ever sent, I've over read
Cause I've seen these same four white walls
Stuck in downtown Montréal
So just stay
So I don't have to stay awake
I don't wanna fall asleep
I don't wanna wake up on my own
Swimming in an empty sheet
And it's drowning me
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause the ghost of you is all I've known
I don't wanna
I don't wanna fall asleep 'til you're next to me
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause the ghost of you is all I've known
I don't wanna
I don't wanna fall asleep 'til you're next to me


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I Don't Wanna Lyrics as written by George Hope Anton Delost

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    He is a legend! So kind n that! He is so kind Kieran says... "It's about a guy called Marco who is one of our best mates from Dryburgh. He's Italian, that's why we call himThe Don. But he's the nicest, shyest guy in the world. He was on the dole but still signed up to give Oxfam a fiver a week. When he couldn't afford it the bank charged him £400 in back payments. That's what he got for trying to be so nice."

    =] x

    susankerrmateon May 29, 2007   Link

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