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Mama I Don't Believe

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I lay here pretending to sleep
Someones always asking for something of me
I try to hide but I'm stripped of my strength
Bound by the truth
Bored by the speed
and the promise of the fortune it brings
Oh Mama I just don't believe

Like it happened in a Broadway scene
Are we still acting, is this the real you and me?
The words don't flow but my heart it still bleeds
Bound by the love and the warm that it brings
and the promise to fix everything
Oh Mama I just don't believe

Angel wings ties of memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings ties of melodies
They'll never sing for you and me

A young man who's soul was burning
The hands of the people guiding him on
He was moving along, Mama he was cooking
But the calendar won, cause now he's a gone
That this fortune that this young man saw
Oh Mama I don't believe in it at all

Angel wings tied to memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings tied to melodies
They'll never sing for you and me
For you and me, they'll never sing
They'll never sing x4
Oh Mama I just don't believe x3

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mazda3grl On Sep 01, 2014

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I lay here pretending to sleep
Someones always asking for something of me
I try to hide but I'm stripped of my strength
Bound by the truth
Bored by the speed 
and the promise of the fortune it brings
Oh Mama I just don't believe

Like it happened in a Broadway scene
Are we still acting, is this the real you and me?
The words don't flow but my heart it still bleeds
Bound by the love and the warm that it brings
and the promise to fix everything
Oh Mama I just don't believe

Angel wings ties of memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings ties of melodies
They'll never sing for you and me

A young man who's soul was burning
The hands of the people guiding him on
He was moving along, Mama he was cooking
But the calendar won, cause now he's a gone
That this fortune that this young man saw
Oh Mama I don't believe in it at all

Angel wings tied to memories
They'll never fly for you and I
Angel wings tied to melodies
They'll never sing for you and me
For you and me, they'll never sing
They'll never sing x4
Oh Mama I just don't believe x3

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2014-09-01 18:13:23

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