Lighting Myself On Fire

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[Verse 1]
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I think I'll go down in flames
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Wouldn't ask you to join me
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Cause that would be insane
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But you could warm your hands
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I would stake out your place right here next to me


[Verse 2]
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They will come from miles away
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Cause it's cold outside
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And they need a place
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To rub on their hands and feet
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What better time and place than here?


[Chorus]
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Cause you've become a fire for me
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Ever since you turned eighteen, love
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And then you said that love was
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Just some sort of passing thing
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You've become a fire in me
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Ever since you turned eighteen
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And the cold ain't so cold
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When you hold yourself to me


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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They will come from miles away
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In your honor
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In their Sunday best of sleeveless shirts and winter coats
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Oh they've been waiting for this for years


[Verse 4]
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You can see it in their eyes
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There's a fire there
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But it's not that I'm on fire, yeah it's deep inside
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They're jumping to the peppered sky


[Chorus]
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Cause you've become a fire for me
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Ever since you turned eighteen, love
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And then you said that love was
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Just some sort of passing thing
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You've become a fire in me
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Ever since you turned eighteen
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And the cold ain't so cold
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When you hold yourself to me


[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
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Look! You can see it in their eyes
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They're afraid that they'll catch fire
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Cause I told them, they're filled with gasoline
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Cause it's what my heart desires


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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All these little birds, are chirping in their worlds
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Twenty feet above the street where our footprints are heard


[Outro]
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You're wearing it down, you know, when you walk like that
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We're not supposed to carry ourselves in the smalls of our backs
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And you're wearing it down, you know, when you walk like that
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We're not supposed to carry ourselves in the smalls of our backs
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Yeah you're wearing it down, you know, when you walk like that
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We're not supposed to carry ourselves in the smalls of our backs
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Yeah you're wearing it down, you know, when you walk like that
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We're not supposed to carry ourselves in the smaaaaaalls of our backs

[Outro]
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