Waiting here watching VH1, Counting Crows is playing "Round Here"
And I'm not having fun because you're not here with me
three more years-six more days to go until I see you again and here I sit alone
one more time around it's not time for me to go let me wallow just this once
and drown my sorrows in this glass
so I try to get my mind off her but it's not working tonight
I wait for her letters and dream we're together one more time
I can't remember the last time because it's been a long time since I've cried like this
Back long before we even met somehow I knew the sound of your voice when you first said
Those words in the classroom and when you harassed me I was glad because it was from you
Before I even knew


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    ive been looking for lyrics for this for awhile. i knew most of them but there were some that i couldnt get. and now i have them and i like it.

    fenix212on December 04, 2001   Link
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    this song tells every time tha tI have tried to go for someone but ended up not thinking that they like me back, and when I found out that they did, i want to kick myself

    noreasontodieon May 29, 2002   Link
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    This is definetly one of my all time favorite songs and I couldn't even tell you why exactly. I mean sure I love the lyrics and the music but it grabs me in some way that very few songs do, there is so much sincere emotion in it. But anyways No Motiv is DEFINETLY one of the best bands out there and its amazing that there are so few postings for No Motiv, you guys rock who have posted already.

    TheDoodon June 18, 2002   Link
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    no motiv is one of the best punk bands around.

    punktiduson July 01, 2002   Link
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    well punktidus... no motiv isnt punk you fucking idiot.. its emo..no motivs far from punk.. emo kicks ass punk sucks.. thats all i have to say

    sbailey85on August 15, 2002   Link
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    This song makes me cry. Blah. It is describes the way I feel about some one.

    Nerdyemogirlon August 21, 2002   Link
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    "you fucking idiot"

    sbailey85...people like you piss me off a whole lot.

    Rain_O_Painon September 01, 2002   Link
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    This is a really good song. I think it's kinda weird how the day I hear it, I cry and then I heard the "it's been a long time since I've cried like this " line.

    And yeah, sbailey85, people like that piss me off a lot too.

    Misheson September 07, 2002   Link
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    You're an idiot, sbailey85, No Motiv is not even close to Emo. Stop trying to talk about what you know nothing about and take your retarded comments elsewhere, No Motiv is too good to have people like you posting comments like that on their lyrics.

    TheDoodon September 13, 2002   Link
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    this is the bestest no motiv song.

    *hugme*on September 17, 2002   Link

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