Daniel Johnston

Mind Movies

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you make a lot of movies in your mind
and you sure are impossibly unkind
you've got me by the skull this time, i'm scared
and i sure can't simply disappear
you're everywhere all at once and i fear
i love you so and i can't let go
i am nowhere to be seen, i'm out to lunch
and i don't want things to turn out wrong
so girl don't you turn and run
i'm just a psycho trying to write a song
and talk is cheap, i'm just a creep for your love
i love you so and i can't let go
you never were a zero til you die
and i never thought you existed until you cry
but you just can't prove a thing because you lied
you make a lot of movies in your mind
and you sure are impossibly unkind
you got me by the skull this time, i'm scared
and i can't simply disappear

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dustandechoes On Nov 08, 2009

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2009-11-08 21:20:56

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by bdvs128

16y ago

it's "you got me by the skull this time i'm scared"

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