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Promissory Note

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Promissory Note Lyrics

I have come to cash a check
It's a promissory note
Worth one open door

I have come to be a threat to you
It's taken a long long time to really know these things

So what's the matter you don't like what you see?
What's the matter you don't like what you see?
I can't believe you're even talking to me

I won't light myself on fire to keep you warm
I won't carry you up that hill
I won't light myself on fire
I won't smile

I don't care if you cry

Before you say hello
Can't fix you, fuck you too
Before you say hello
I don't tread water to sip tea

And so I steal the watch
And so I steal the ring

So what's the matter you don't like what you see?
What's the matter you don't like what you see?
I can't believe you're even talking to me

I won't light myself on fire to keep you warm
I won't carry you up that hill
I won't light myself on fire
I won't smile

I don't care if you cry

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chumpchange On Aug 21, 2017

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