Mason Jennings

Sorry Signs on Cash Machines

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oh, my heart is a thoroughbred
i can't sleep in my bed
everything is burning up inside me
i need something i can feel
cigarettes and a driving wheel and
oh, my god, when you cross your legs beside me

i know true love don't love like anybody else
i know your heart don't beat like anybody else

when it all comes down to kerosene
and sorry signs on cash machines
and it don't look like anything you've dreamed of
i won't let you give it up
with sorry sighs and forced bad luck
come on baby, you know what we're made of

i know true love don't love like anybody else
i know your heart don't beat like anybody else

and all these burning battlefields are now behind us
life has brought us here together to remind us
that love will rise above it all and just keep growing
life keeps flowing, and every moment starts right here with us

i know true love don't love like anybody else
i know your heart don't beat like anybody else

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dontstop On Sep 22, 2004

Adrian

Ballad For My One True Love

Bullet

Jackson Square

California

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2004-09-22 19:25:16

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by dontstop

21y ago

This is such a cute song.. cute might not be the right word but it was the first to come to mind. It is about holding on to love when times are rough.. just a little reminder that someone is THE one, the only one.

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by dontstop

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by loser4all

19y ago

i like how he starts the beginning with being on the road and images of a hard life. he then beckens her to stay, be strong, trust in us. and when you feel like pulling out your hair, going crazy, and when you start to contemplate leaving, remember, every moment starts right here with us. he can love enough for the both of them when times are hard, and she is feeling weak. comon baby, you know what we're made of

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