I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe

OK Go

In your fitted raincoat and tangled winter hair
Cheeks a little rosy in the February air
And running through the subway to catch the uptown train
Spend the night just dancing
And running through the subway to catch the uptown train
Spend the night just dancing

I want you, yeah I want you
I want you, yeah I want you bad
So bad I can't think straight
So bad all my bones shake
So bad I can't breathe

And in the midnight quiet, outside the world away
We could have just one more night that you could stay
And in the light of morning for 21 days straight
There you are beside me
And in the light of morning for 21 days straight
There you are beside me

I want you, yeah I want you
I want you, yeah I want you bad
So bad I can't think straight
So bad all my bones shake
So bad I can't breathe

So won'tcha? Oh, wantcha say it?
So won'tcha? Oh, wantcha give in?
So won'tcha? Oh, wantcha come on?

I can't breathe
Cause I want you Yeah, I want you
I want you Yeah, I want you bad

So bad I can't think straight
So bad all my bones shake
So bad I can't breathe

I want you, yeah I want you
So bad I can't breathe

I want you, yeah I want you
So bad I can't breathe

I want you, I want you
I want you, yeah
So bad I can't breathe
So bad I can't breathe
I can't breathe


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    He wants a girl so bad he can't breathe. Correct me if I'm wrong. haha. I like this song.

    Salmonnerdzon January 13, 2010   Link

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