Looking back at all the times we had, I wish I could tell ya' that they weren't all so bad.
But in the end we were just wasting our time,
Yeah I knew what you were but I was out of my mind.
Lost my mind...

I knew you were common when we started this thing,
So very common with you're everyday dreams.
But I was desperate for a heart of gold,
So I took a chance and I came in from the cold.
Life's so cold...

I oughta' have my fucking head examined for screwing with a skank like you.
But it wasn't like I really felt for you, I was just cold and empty through and through...

I thought you were something but you proved me wrong.
Money is your only god, what a tired boring old song.
Just another coward out to sell your soul but it just goes to show that
Nothing in this world is forever.
And people are all the same.
And there's no such thing as love.
It left me choking like a candle in the cold hard rain.

You were so common, you were so cheap,
Another coke snortin' slut from the barroom scene.
But brother, I was so empty, I was so blind,
I turned my back on the truth before my very eyes.

'Cause sister, you could have been anybody.
You could have been anyone.
All I needed was anybody,
All I needed was anyone.


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    you forgot to post all the funny and offensive commentaries that are within the song, so i will do the liberty...

    "fucking your pussy was like fucking the wound from a shotgun blast...with gangreen!"

    "but theres just one thing i never told you, you numb fucking broad."

    "i was cold and empty, and your body was warm. you could have been one of them fucking blow up dolls, for all i fucking cared. thanks for the fucking memories, you FUCKING SOW!!!"

    IAmTheEvenstaron September 23, 2004   Link
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    Don't forget

    "SORRY LADIES, BUT THIS ONE GOES OUT TO THE GUYS IN THE HOUSE THAT'VE BEEN FUCKED OVER BY THE LIE KNOWN AS LOVE, BOTTOMS UP CHECK THIS OUT...."

    Harrisonkleboldon October 15, 2007   Link
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    "Let me let you in on a secret fellas If she sucks great cock she's a pro And if she spreads the on the first date, she's a ho"

    Frontsideflip4on April 01, 2008   Link
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    Man gotta love this song. Pretty much explains a lot of my relationships... just the desperation to find someone special, and then you realised that they just fuck you over again and again.

    rogermaniaon October 01, 2009   Link

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