Little Blue Pills

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Little blue pills to help you sleep. I don’t like my dreams, so I prefer to drink. I’m
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clawing at my chest, but the real problem’s in my head.
Fm (ring out)
At least that’s what you say.

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There’s no such thing as love & freedom. There’s only money & sex, addiction &
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depression, poverty & all affection is misguided & the lies keep building up.

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I am so tired, my bones do ache. There’s no time to rest, for now we’ll have to wait.
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And, finally, when I can lay with you in bed, for some reason, I’ll drink alone
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instead.
Fm (ring out)
My decisions don’t involve me anymore.

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Just one more taste and I’ll accept this is my life. My cancerous companion always
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does its job right, and a job’s a funny thing ‘cause it’s their money that you need to
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pay them back when someone’s charging you to breathe.

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Nauseous and sweating, coughing ‘til my throat bleeds, and I’m shaking so
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goddamn bad that I can barely hold this notepad to read the letter that you left me
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to remind me
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everything turns out okay.