The Way That I Need You

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He’s the deflated balloon wrapped 
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around your gate
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Cut priced to clear a past to 
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“sell by a date”
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He’ll be fool running through the 
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churchyard screaming out “it’s not
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 too late”
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When he does, I know that you’ll 
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wait

[Verse 2]
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He’s the drunk man with bad breath
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 coming on too strong
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He’s the beauty queen that strings
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 your heart along
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And he’ll answer every question in
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 your new-age magazine wrong
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But I know you love him strong

[Chorus]
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So I’m leaving for there’s nothing 
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to believe in
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I’m just grieving for a love I 
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never knew
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Please don’t go misreading me
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I’m not saying you’ve been 
misleading me
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Just not needing me the way that I
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 need you

C   F   x3

[Verse 3]
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He’s the elephant in the room that
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 never speaks
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But you dream about him every two 
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weeks
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And I wouldn’t know his name, but 
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you call it in your sleep
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Oh I know you love him deep

[Bridge]
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So run back to him like you should
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I guess I always knew that you would
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        F (Hold)
For he’s captured your heart in a 
way I never could
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So go on and love him good

[Chorus 2]
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Oh I’m leaving for there’s nothing 
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to believe in
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I’m just grieving for a love I 
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never knew
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You’re the book I can’t stop reading
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I’m the stray cat you've been 
feeding
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But the tides, they are receding 
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now it’s true
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Please don’t go misreading me
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I’m not saying you’ve been 
misleading me,
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Just not needing me the way that I
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 need you
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Just not needing me the way that I
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 need you