Striking Matches

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[Verse 1]
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Striking matches an' I'm smokin' cigarettes
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Puttin on a kettle, playin' a cassette
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Foldin' up the papers, rubbin' my eyes
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Thinkin' of all that happened last night
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The passion, the feelings that soaked in her love
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And the pools of silence where kisses were sprung
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Her love levitates me, I'm walking on air
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Two feet from the carpet, I'll always be there

[Chorus]
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Ooh, I'm striking matches, it's mornin' again
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I look in the mirror, I still look the same

[Verse 2]
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Striking matches, getting a flame on the stove
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There's some of her hair in the teeth of my comb
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Dirty clothes piled up on the bathroom floor
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She's silently sleepin', I half close the door
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I see her beauty layin' on my bed
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I'm warm from within me with what she has said
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Her love is my balloon, I won't let it down
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For ever and ever I'll always be proud

[Chorus]
G                 C        G            C
Ooh, I'm striking matches, it's mornin' again
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I look in the mirror, I still look the same
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Ooh, I'm striking matches, it's mornin' again
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Ooh, I'm striking matches, I go up in flames

[Middle]
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I'm a director casting for a part
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(Turn on the light)
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It's for a soap set here right in my heart
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(Leave her alone)
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Shuffle to the window, shuffle to the door
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(Don't wake her up)
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She got the part I don't wanna see anymore
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(Unplug the phone)

[Chorus]
G                 C        G            C
Ooh, I'm striking matches, it's mornin' again
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I look in the mirror, I still look the same
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Ooh, I'm striking matches,
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Ooh, I'm striking matches, I go up in flames