One of THOSE Nights

The Cab

I've been let loose and now I'm crawling up the wall
Word is I got away and now I must be caught

Don't leave, take it from me
I've been more than a king
I can't take that, I can't take that

I'm going crazy and I've been awake for days
My mirrors are stained with pain and portraits of your face

Don't leave, take it from me,
You're my dirty disease.

My flat-lined inhibition is my ammunition
I'm just fighting to get by
Just give me some direction
I'll be your affection
How could you leave me behind?

I'm a mess and
Your words just give me time
To give you a waste of time
One of those nights
When you leave me for no reason
I'll give you a reason

If seconds heal the wounds
I'll put these tips on you

I brought apologies, I tied in a bouquet
Just to find out that my face had been replaced
Deceived, it was a breeze,
I was tossed to the street

I can't take that, I can't take that

My flat-lined inhibition is my ammunition
I'm just fighting to get by
Just give me some direction
I'll be your affection
How could you leave me behind?

I'm a mess and
Your words just give me time
To give you a waste of time
One of those nights
When you leave me for no reason
I'll give you a reason

I'm a mess and
Your words just give me time
To give you a waste of time
One of those nights
When you leave me for no reason
I'll give you a reason

If seconds heal the wounds
I'll put these tips on you
When faith is left to prove
It's all you have to lose.

I'm a mess and
Your words just give me time
To give you a waste of time
One of those nights
When you leave me for no reason
I'll give you a reason

I'm a mess and
Your words just give me time
To give you a waste of time
One of those nights
When you leave me for no reason
I'll give you a reason


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One of Those Nights Lyrics as written by Crawford Colligan

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    ahahaha it's definitely not just you, fbraddict...and its because thats actually bden and pstump singing XD

    NO!! you lie....eek, that would kill The Cab/this song

    art_xxon April 05, 2008   Link

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