I Do

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

I didn't know what I was doing
I didn't know if I cared
As I recall, it was my birthday
And you were just standing there

I never know if I'm dreaming
I never know if I'm awake
All I know is it feels sunny

If you leave me in a lurch
Without a penny to my name
I'm gonna run to you and gobble you up

Simulated a baby
With a pillow in your shirt
And danced around the hotel naked

I said "I never know if you're serious
Or if you're putting me on"
I guess it really doesn't matter

If you kick me to the curb
It's probably just what I deserve
But I'm gonna run to you and gobble you up

If you leave me in a lurch
Without a penny to my name
I'm gonna to run to you and gobble you up

I never know if I love you
But I'm pretty sure that I do
All I know is it feels sunny

I never know if you love me
But you're believing you do
All I know is it's gotten sunny


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    Love this song. few quick corrections. He plays the live version a bit different sometimes but the lyrics in the album are as follows...

    first parenthesis: "I don't know if I cared"

    end of second (and second to last) verse:"All I know is it feels sunny" not "it's gotten sunny" ("it's gotten sunny" is only in the last line.)

    second (and third) parenthesis: "if you leave me in the lurch"

    last line of "kick me to the curb": also "I'm gonna run to you and gobble you up"

    Second to last line (fourth parenthesis): "But you're believing you do"

    DemonoftheNorthon November 11, 2010   Link

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