Got the news today
Doctor said I had to stay a little bit longer and I'll be fine
When I thought it'd all been done
When I thought it'd all been said
A little bit longer and I'll be fine

But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know

All this time goes by, still no reason why
A little bit longer and I'll be fine
Waiting on a cure, but none of them are sure
A little bit longer and I'll be fine

But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, no, no
You don't even know, no, no

You don't even know
(No)

Yeah

But you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
And you don't know what it's like to feel so low, yeah
And every time you smile, you laugh, you glow
You don't even know, yeah, oh
Yeah, ohh-oh, yea-yeah
You don't even know, no, no

So I'll wait 'til kingdom come
All the highs and lows are gone
A little bit longer and I'll be fine

I'll be fine


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    That's the whole point of this music. Everything about it is simple, and it's all for the sake of putting in as little effort as possible. Profit is the capital idea. They suck the money out of ignorant fools like "Love_Peace_Jonas." Expression has no, or very little meaning here.

    havana4saleon August 16, 2008   Link

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