W.A.M.S.

Fall Out Boy

I'm a young one
Stuck in the box
Of an old ones head
When all the others were just stirring awake
I'm trying to trick myself to fall asleep again

Whoa
My head's in heaven
My soles are in hell
Let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well

Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)

Give me, build me
It's your club, so let me in (let me in) oh
Knowing how heartwarming
It is inside your skin

My head's in heaven
My soles are in hell
Let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well

Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)

Oh, oh
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)

Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)

Oh, oh
Hmm, hmm,

Baby, if you don't take your medication
We won't sleep for days
We won't sleep for days

And Mama, when we pray to the Lord
Doesn't sit or stay
Doesn't sit or stay

We waste it all in the back of a long dark car
And I'm sunshine machine

Uh, I want to get stuck, uh
I want to get stuck
And be
In your memories.
Hmm, oh


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W.A.M.S. Lyrics as written by Patrick Stump Peter Wentz

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    argh lyrics are all wrong. Freckle freckle what makes you so special? the last chunk is: Mama If we don't take the medication We won't sleep for days We won't sleep for days Mama If we pray to the lord Will he sing on a stage? Will he sing on a stage? We sold our hearts In the back of a long dark car And I'm a sunshine machine I want to get stuck I want to get stuck And be glowing in your memory

    bouncehoperon February 08, 2009   Link

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