Tell Me What To Say

Black Lab

tell me what to say and i will say it to you
i take one for the heartache
one for they headache
and two for the constant tears
i take one for the blindness
one for the foolishness
trying to keep you here
i would stop waiting stop crying stop breathing
reading into why you stay away so long
i would stop calling stop writing stop faking stop denying
you're as good as gone but i don't know
so you just tell me what to say and i will say it to you
i will do it for you i will burn this house down
tell me what to say and i will say it to you
i will do what you do i will burn us to the ground
well even on weekdays
even on sunday
even in the blackest night
even when you touch me i know that you don't love me
and i can't make it right
i would stop waiting
stop walking
stop trying to start you talking
to say your own goodbyes
i would stop drinking
stop feeling breaking down
and stop believing you might change your mind but i don't know
so you just tell me what to say and i will say it to you
i will do it for you i will burn this house down
but i don't know
so you just tell me what to say it to you
i will do what you do i will burn us to the ground but i don't know
so you just tell me what to say and i will do it for you i will burn this house down
tell me what to say and i will do what you do
i will burn us to the ground but i don't know
so you just tell me what to say
and i will burn this house down tell me what to say and i will do what you do
i will burn us to the ground
(tell me what to say and i will say it to you)
burn us to the ground
burn us to the ground
tell me what to say and i will say it to you
burn us to the ground


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    oh i love this song so much!!!!, why no1 has commented here?. it just makes me cry.... is the only one i've heard from black lab, i havent been able 2 download more! =S

    -/peekoi.on June 14, 2005   Link

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