Candy talks to strangers
Thinks her life's in danger
No one gives a damn about her hair
It's lonely down on track street
She used to go by Jackie
The cops, they'll steal your dreams and they'll kill your prayers
Take a number where the blood just barely dried

Wait for something better
No one behind you
Watching your shadows
This feeling won't go

Crooked wheels keep turning
Children, are you learning
Acclimatize but don't you lose the plot
A history of blisters
Your brothers and your sisters
Somewhere in the pages we forgot

Take a number Jackie
Where the blood just barely dried
You know I'm on your side

Wait for something better
No one behind you
Watching your shadows
You gotta be stronger than the story
Don't let it blind you
Rivers of shadow
This feeling wont go

And the sky is full of dreams
But you don't know how to fly
I don't have a simple answer
But I know that I could answer
Something better

This feeling won't go

Wait for it [Repeat: x4]


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This Is Your Life Lyrics as written by Dave Brent Keuning Brandon Flowers

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    i think this song is bitchin and so is the album

    ok this is a random guess but i think is about this person going into witness protection here ar my clues: candy talks to strangers thinks her life's in danger it lonely down on track street she used to go by jakie the cop they''l steal your dreams and they'll kill your prayers no one behind you watchin your shadows this feeling won't go your brothers and your sisters some where in the pages we forgot srtonger than the story wait for something better

    don't think it right i thats just what i think love the song anyway this album is so amazing! i love all the songs

    maevely888on April 23, 2009   Link

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