So what's this big secret you can't tell me
I don't wanna piece of this

Haven't we all had enough
Enough for one day
I don't wanna argue with you
You've got me shiverin' in my spine

[Chorus]
If everything turned out as we had said
We wouldn't have to sit through any of this
Maybe I would be a better fit in my own skin

I'm not gonna try to divide or ignore you
Into pieces of a puzzle that never seem to fit

I'm not playin' hangman with you
I've run out of letters, let alone words
You've got me shiverin' in my spine

If everything turned out as we had said
We wouldn't have to sit here talkin' like this
Maybe I would be a better fit in my own skin
Maybe

If everything turned out as we had planned
We wouldn't have to go through any of this
Maybe it'll be more simple than you could ever think

So stay right where you are
You're snoozin' through an alarm
Make no sudden movements
Just tell me where we are
‘Cause here I am
There you are
Snoozin' through an alarm
Snoozin' through an alarm

If everything turned out as we had said
We wouldn't have to go through any of this
Maybe

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[Music to End]


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Maybe Lyrics as written by Robert Kenneth A Kennedy Clinton Blair Harris

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    Hi, English is not my first language, I can understand the words of the lyrics but I can't understand some expressions and set phrases. What means "Snoozing through an alarm"? And what that means in the context of the song?

    mrsoctopuson July 23, 2010   Link

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