Violent Femmes

Heartache

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Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
I know nobody ever taught you
How to dance like that
Nobody ever taught you
How to dance like that
Nobody ever taught me
How to dance like that
Heartache---too late
And I gotta get up
Heartache---too late
And I gotta get up
Heartache---too late
And I gotta get up
I know
I been workin' twenty-five hours a day
I don't want to live this way
Five and a half weeks with one day off
Stop the train I'm getting off

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nelly On Mar 09, 2002

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Stop the train, I'm getting off.

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