Excercise

Dag Nasty

(spoken)
I'm irresponsible
I'm irrational
It's irreversible
What are you gonna do?
(End Spoken)

I'm irresponsible
I'm irrational
It's irreversible
What are you gonna do?

And If it's in my head
And if i'm just paranoid, well
I guess its just jealousy
When it comes to you
But you'll never guess
Its like excercising
When i try to disguise it
I avoid your eyes
you'll never know, inside
Cause I can't stand it at all, when every word is a lie
But i go through it all
Lies are just excercises

And i can't help myself
Cause i've always lied to myself
I've had to fake so many things
What are you gonna do?

And If it's in my head
And if i'm just paranoid well
I guess its just jealousy
When it comes to you
But youll never guess
I'm just excercising
When i try to disguise it
I avoid your eyes
You'll never know, inside
Cause I can't stand it at all, when every word is a lie
But i go through it all
Lies are just excercises

And i cant help myself
Cause ive always lied to myself
I've had to fake so much
What are you gonna do?
And if you see throught it all
And i cant excuse myself
I think ill need your help to see me throught
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do now? (3x)
What are you gonna do?

Lies are just excercies (11x)
What are you gonna do?


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    Wow. No comments. Amazing how a band of this caliber will get lost in history.

    punkindrublic1on August 18, 2010   Link

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