Kristy, Are You Doing OK?

The Offspring

There's a moment in time
And it's stuck in my mind
Way back when we were just kids
'Cuz your eyes told a tale
Of an act of betrayal
I knew that somebody did

Oh, waves of time
Seem to wash away the scenes of our crimes
For you this never ends

Can you stay strong
Can you go on
Kristy are you doing ok
A rose that won't bloom
Winter's kept you
Don't waste your whole life trying
To get back what was taken away

Though the marks on your dress
Have been neatly repressed
I knew that something was wrong
And I should have spoke out
And I'm so sorry now
I didn't know
'Cuz we were so young

Oh, clouds of time
Seem to rain on innocence left behind
It never goes away

Can you stay strong
Can you go on
Kristy are you doing ok
A rose that won't bloom
Winter's kept you
Don't waste your whole life trying
To get back what was taken away


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    Anyone can say they know anyone; this is the internet, your hidden behind a veil of mystery names and such. Hell im friends with santa clause; and me and the easter bunny toke it up before class everyday.

    If there was a interview; where dexter himself said what it was about, im pretty sure that makes you incorrect in my eyes.

    MrCabooseon March 13, 2009   Link

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