If You Do, If You Don't

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Let's get out
Let's get out of here
I'll go it alone if I have to but,
I need you there
I'm honest with nobody else
Whether or not I make it there is will itself
I'm honest with only myself
How I can't afford to lose you now,
Not in this hell

I'll stay with you

I'm a mess
A total wreck
A poor excuse without you near to
Keep me in check
Take me out, take me anywhere
I'm out of touch with everything
And I don't care
I must be out of my mind
All that I have to give to you
Is all my time

I'll stay with you
And we'll say over and over
I'm a waste of time


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If You Do, If You Don't Lyrics as written by Pepper Hudson

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    why no comments?! this song is BEAUTIFUL, my favorite on the newest album considering i didn't like it as much as the old.

    noodles342on January 21, 2009   Link

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