Sitting here just watching you sleep
Wish I could slip inside and be
In some Technicolor dream

But the air's too thick for one of us to breathe
I'm not fool enough to think
You couldn't live life without me


I didn't come this far to throw the towel in
I didn't fight this hard to walk away

If I ain't smart enough to say I'm sorry
It's just because the words got in the way


I remember how it used to be
I was you and you were me
We were more than just the same

Now these shoes don't fit, my skin's too tight
When you want a kiss, I take a bite
Let your heart call up the cops, read me my rights


Last night I drank enough to drown
Raise a toast to your good looks and to my health

Look, we both know how much I've let you down
Janie don't you take your love to town


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Janie don't you take your love to town
Janie don't you take your love to town

If I've got to beg, I'll beg, just don't walk away
Janie don't you take your love to town


You deserve a shooter, a saint
Someone to give it to you straight
To find the soul through flesh and bone

My life's a treasure, full of sunny weather
But it's left me feeling cold
Now all you want to do is take me home


I hated you, the night you said you loved me
I hated you, 'cause I couldn't love myself

I'm begging you now, baby please just hold me
I got one foot in, one foot off the ground


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Sitting here while you're fast asleep

In the bathroom by the sink
Trying to write the right words down
I turn out the lights, close my eyes

There ain't no prayers or kiss goodnight
What I'll forget to say tomorrow, I'll say now
Janie don't you take your love to town


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