Rusted Guns of Milan

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I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can

It doesn't mean that I don't love you, one more try with me above you.
It's got nothing to do with anything I've had to drink.
It's more to do with the way I think.
Leave the light on, leave the light on, leave the light on for me.
Leave the light on, leave the light on, leave the light on for me.

I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can
I know I can

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, can I get you a cup of coffee?
Don't tell your friends, don't tell your friends, I promise it won't ever happen again.
Leave the light on, leave the light on, leave the light on for me.
It's frustrating for you, well it's frustrating for me.

You're lying there and you're beautiful.
You're beautiful and of course I want to, why wouldn't I?
It doesn't mean that I don't love you, one more try with me above you.
Leave the light on, leave the light on, leave the light on for me.

It's nothing to do with anything I've had to drink.
There's something wrong with the way I think.
I know I can, I know I can.
I'm fine when I am with my own hand.
Never use my Rusted gun of Milan.


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Rusted Guns of Milan Lyrics as written by Eddie Argos Chris Ward

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    I guess it is a metaphor but it's a strange phrase if it is and it also seems like it could link to 18,000 Lira and possibly the Enrico Gatti references in Stand Down. Either way I love the way he ends some songs with some seemingly non sequiturs

    dairecon February 24, 2006   Link

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