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PETRICHOR

1. The Mrs.

there was a little girl who had big dreams
she said, said to me those chains got nothing on me
now she sits in the corner wondering what went wrong
now she says oh baby, where did i go wrong

she was torn, all those chains, they held her down, oh
they said you can’t, Mrs. you’re not a man
don’t make me say it twice stand back in the shadows and be a good wife

you won’t ever win so let me set you straight, set you straight
there’s no equal and there won’t ever be, ever be
but there’s one thing they don’t know there’s fire in my eyes, fire in my eyes
so they better keep their guard up, i’m gonna fight, i’ll set this shit right

every time that she tried, they all told her she’d never belong
when she spoke, they all said listen, sweetheart, you’ll always be wrong
but she said i’ll keep trying until i make it, yeah

you won’t ever win so let me set you straight, set you straight

there’s no equal and there won’t ever be, ever be

but there’s one thing they don’t know there’s fire in my eyes, fire in my eyes

so they better keep their guard up, i’m gonna fight, i’ll set this shit right



so at the end of the day

i, oh, i only pray someday we won't have to keep fighting
for our own, our own, but right now they say


 

you won’t ever win so let me set you straight, set you straight

there’s no equal and there won’t ever be, ever be

but there’s one thing they don’t know there’s fire in my eyes, fire in my eyes

so they better keep their guard up, i’m gonna fight, i’ll set this shit right

3. Trapped in Freedom

don’t call me that name anymore, they fixed me i’m better now

gray eyes staring out the window, they fixed her she’s better now

'cross countries of pain and sorrow, they fixed us we’re better now

they tried to pray away it all, they fixed us we’re better now

 

our kiss is sin so beautiful

two perfect wrongs we let it go

 

is it really freedom if you give it to me

living in a world full of hate and she

was never known as more than my toxic friend

reading me the rules, don’t care no more

ripping us apart my heart is torn

and she was always more than my best friend

 

don’t make me say it out loud, no you’ll never understand

break my bones, knock me around now, always had the upper hand

 

we used to be so innocent

too young and now our story’s dead

is it really freedom if you give it to me

living in a world full of hate and she

was never known as more than my toxic friend

reading me the rules, don’t care no more

ripping us apart my heart is torn

and she was always more than my best friend

 

i'm spinning ‘round again, these feelings in my head

confuse me, make me feel so wrong

they tried to change my mind, the beauty hidden in her eyes

it chains me, keeps me loving her for so long

so is it really freedom if you give it to me

living in a world full of hate and she

was never known as more than my toxic friend

reading me the rules, don’t care no more

ripping us apart my heart is torn

and she was always more than my best friend

2. Hammocks

this morning i was sitting there, drinking my Americano
and thinking about you, thinking about me

and then i realized, oh baby, that we’re something special
tell me do you see what i see

‘cause all it ever really takes is for you to kiss me softly
cause then we’ll be free, free

maybe that’s why i’m waiting here, for you to tell me that you love me
‘cause then we’ll be free and you’ll be with me, and we’ll say

oh

oh

oh

oh

this girl is falling in love

with the boy from the record store who dances when he walks, oh and
this girl has fallen in love, with you, with you

so baby come on over, we can swing on old white hammocks
and watch the clouds move, dance to our own tunes
maybe we can just escape into our own land
just you and me, just being free, oh because


this girl is falling in love

with the boy on the subway line who smiles right through his eyes

oh and this girl has fallen in love, with you, with you

so i guess now if you feel like you’re alone
at least now you’ll have me
i guess now if you feel like you’re the only one
you’ll still have me ‘cause


this girl is falling in love
with the boy with the sweater top whose dreams burst through his mind

oh and this girl has fallen in love, with you, with you
this girl is falling in love
with the boy from the backwater bayou who shrinks in front of skyscrapers
and this girl has fallen in love, with you, with you and she says


oh

oh

oh

oh

4. Nicotine Patch

give me a nicotine patch to get me off my high

trying so hard to keep you out of my mind now

i need something to bring me back to life

'cause i'm running out of time

i remember when we first met and i thought that everything was clear

you felt to me like a breath of fresh air

back then i never knew you'd be the reason for my tears

now i'm hoping somebody will answer my prayers

i wished you would care now i'm in despair

tell others beware your sinful affairs

hurt beyond compare, you're my worst nightmare

my heart is broken, now it's sitting in a wheelchair

speaking of hearts let's talk about yours

i thought you had one, now i'm not sure

clearly, you haven't ever loved before

and i don't mean to shame but i think you're a

now every time i look at you i don't know how to feel

you had me on a leash, i was right at your heels

we were Batman and Robin in the automobile

and if you were Lois Lane i was the Man of Steel

give me a nicotine patch to get me off my high

trying so hard to keep you out of my mind now

i need something to bring me back to life

'cause i'm running out of time

so maybe now i hate you 'cause i stayed with you

and you ain't ever give me anything i gave you

but after everything that happened, i forgave you

i guess that i was one of many that was played by you

 

now if you're asking to bask in the past

i'm going to have to pass on that offer 'cause i

i ain't ever going to clap for the jack

that could yack their way out of catastrophe and

maybe if there was a little blue coming through

who knew, maybe i would feel for you but i

i ain't here for any redos, too true, i don't mess with you

give me a nicotine patch to get me off my high

trying so hard to keep you out of my mind now

i need something to bring me back to life

'cause i'm running out of time

i, i lifted you up but you brought me down

now i need someone to save me

help me somehow 'cause you're not around anymore

give me a nicotine patch to get me off my high

trying so hard to keep you out of my mind now

i need something to bring me back to life

'cause i'm running out of time

give me a nicotine patch to get me off my high

trying so hard to keep you out of my mind now

i need something to bring me back to life

'cause i'm running out of time

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