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I Can't Touch You Anymore

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I Can't Touch You Anymore Lyrics

You want to know
if we fell in love too fast
You want to know
if this is, well, too good to last
You're asking the wrong questions
You're opening the wrong doors
I love you
I can't touch you anymore
I can't touch you anymore
There's so much to hate you for
I love you
I can't touch you anymore
You want to tell me
50 ways you've left your lovers
You want to tell me
how you loved 200 others

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anne Arbour On May 02, 2002

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Anne Arbour

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2002-05-02 00:44:06

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Cover art for I Can't Touch You Anymore lyrics by Magnetic Fields, The

by Anne Arbour

24y ago

sorry, my computer messed up....i was trying to fix it, but the title got cut off.

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by okayprettygood

20y ago

This is one of my favorites.

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by blu_girl_4eva

19y ago

well, ive only just discovered these today, but every lyric ive read feels like they are written for me. "You Want To Tell Me How You've Loved 200 Others" hate it, but it's true.

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by jalopy

18y ago

this completely captures the ambivalence of loving someone who constantly alienates and hurts you

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