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Lucky
05:01
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You work hard, you pay your dues
Play by the rules but still you lose
Stick or twist, I hold my nerve
Nobody ever gets what they deserve
All the years is a long time
But what costs the most is free
(Yeah it's free)
I'm a double-jointed conman
I specialize in mimicry
(Mimicry)
When I look at my life
I see how I've been used
I'll never pay back the money I spent
Never return the favors I was lent
Some have no luck with love
But I'm a lucky man
The cards I mark are the cards I choose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
We know what it's about
All your luck has run out
Leveraged your self doubt
Chewed you up and spat you out
We can leave the scene of the crime
We can turn back time
We can change
Yeah we can change our minds
Some have no luck with love
But I'm a lucky man
(He's a lucky man)
The cards I mark are the cards I choose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
Nothing's too special for you
We’re here to help you through
Please say you won't refuse
But you got everything to lose
(Everything to lose)
(Everything to lose)
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
The lucky get the luck
And the longshots lose
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(Ooh, ooh-ooh)
(Ooh, ooh-ooh)
Where once were her eyes
Ivanka now sees through pearls
She said I don't know
What it means to be complicit
Be complicit
Need to believe
You got to understand
Need to believe
You got to understand
You mustn't want the things you can't have
It's only worth something if you work for it
You mustn't want the things you can't have
It's only worth something if my name's on it
I saw how hard daddy worked for his money
Daddy loves women and he believes in family
Need to believe, you gotta understand
Need to believe
You mustn't want the things you can't have
It's only worth something if you work for it
You mustn't want the things you can't have
It's only worth something if my name's on it
She said:
It's clear to me
That things would not
Just be given to me
Given to me
She said:
It's clear to me
That things would not
Just be given to me
Given to me, Given to me
(Given to me)
Given to me
Given to me
In the morning daddy wants me in his room, it's where we get together
It's not true that daddy calls my name in stormy weather
(Ooh, ooh-ooh)
(Ooh, ooh-ooh)
Daddy loves women and he believes in family (In family)
He and I know the worst sins are lust and avarice (Lust and avarice)
Now we're a long way from home (A long way from home)
Now we're a long way from home
Someone said that we can make a better version of ourselves
You need to know I'll do my best for you (Do my best for you)
You need to know I'll do my best for you
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I'm A Liar
04:38
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Need to make friends
Seems I was someone else
Now I’m truly me;
that’s what many seem to believe
Transform yourself, secrets take vacations
Fact and fiction are in the mixture but you don’t need a diagram to get the picture
They said I’m a liar, ‘cause no one believes when the place is on fire
Know the meaning of too much, got the word we do what we must
They said I’m a liar, ‘cause no one believes when the place is on fire
Know the meaning of too much, got the word we do what we must
Sold the story but that’s not what gets told
Don’t waste time, don’t repent
Can’t pack the bags and leave, we’re addicted to which we’re weaned
Connections fail, collectives dissolve
And we imagine celebrity
They said I’m a liar, ‘cause no one believes when the place is on fire
Know the meaning of too much, got the word we do what we must
They said I’m a liar, ‘cause no one believes when the place is on fire
Know the meaning of too much, got the word we do what we must
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