September never stays this cold
Where I come from
And you know
I'm not one (I'm not one) for complaining (for complaining)
But I love the way you'd roll
Excuses off the tip of your tongue
As I slowly fall apart (slowly, quietly, slowly)
Fall apart
Is falling apart
Is falling apart
Is falling apart

As of this won't mean a thing come tomorrow
And that's exactly how I'll make it seem
'Cause I'm still not sleeping
Thinking I've crawled home from worse than this

So please, please (please)
I'm running out of sympathy (I'm running out of sympathy)
And I never said I'd take this
I never said I'd take this lying down

She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
I never said I'd take this lying down (let's just get this over with)
And I've crawled home from worse than this
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"

You always come close but this never comes easy
I still know everything
You always come close but you never come easy
I still know everything
This always comes close but you never come easy
I still know everything
You always come so close
I still know everything, I still know everything, I still know

You always come close but this never comes easy
You always come close but you never come easy
You're coming in, you're coming close

I never said I'd take this lying down
I never said I'd take this lying down
But I've crawled home from worse than this

If it's not keeping you up nights
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?

I'm in your room
Is this turning you on?
Am I turning you on?

I'm in your room
Are you turned on?

I'm on the corner of your bed
I'm thinking maybe
Are you turned on?
Are you turned on?


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Great Romances of the 20th Century Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Lazzara

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    i like this better than the Cd version because of the intro with the guy talking about finding the perfect girl the intro to this word so deserves spoken word

    odieqt78on September 26, 2002   Link
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    i think i have this version downloaded. this song rules!! i love how like 2 of them sing at the same time. its really awesome. i dunno of any other bands that do that. but i am sure there are. if you guys know of any send me a private message. kay. thanks.

    pinky0721on October 07, 2002   Link
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    The quote at the beginning of the song is from a movie called <i>Beautiful Girls</i>

    supbtsupon March 05, 2003   Link
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    a beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking jack and coke all morning, she can make you feel high, well the single greatest commodity known to man, a promise, a promise of a better day, a promise of a greater hope, a promise of a new tommorrow, this particular aura can be found in the gaze of a beautiful girl, in her smile and in her soul, and the way she makes every rotten thing about life seems like it's going to be ok... great intro, I love this song, great ending too, it sounds funny when you hear it until I put it in context with relationships, girl being horny as hell, so was I, but she didn't really show it, now I'm faced with it... great song

    Phrenchornon March 06, 2003   Link
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    i agree with phrenchorn, i love that intro. Beautiful Girls is a movie, but i cant find it anywhere on kazaa. Is there any other way i can d/l this movie and watch it?

    em0disasteron March 07, 2003   Link
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    i agree with phrenchorn, i love that intro. Beautiful Girls is a movie, but i cant find it anywhere on kazaa. Is there any other way i can d/l this movie and watch it?

    em0disasteron March 07, 2003   Link
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    i like this 1 better than the album cause of the intro and because it is not over-produced (also cause its a demo, ha)

    IamTheEdon March 09, 2003   Link
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    You probably can't download it. However, I'm sure that you could very easily go to the movie store and spend a couple dollars to rent it. It's also on TV sometimes, perhaps TBS or TNT. I've only seen parts of it, it doesn't look very good.

    Flapjack Finnon March 09, 2003   Link
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    It's a great movie!! I ordered it from netflix (if you have a dvd player and like movies it's super cool) I totally recomend watching it... you'll have so much more respect for the demo version of this song too.

    PunkYCoreon March 10, 2003   Link
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    it's a crappy movie...but i'd rent it just to see the part with michael rappaport saying that quote cause it's so cute... the context he has it in is so much diff than the song makes it seem tho

    PunkPrincess182on April 09, 2003   Link

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