[Intro]
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Now, pretty baby, Im runnin back home to you
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Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
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(Fresh out the slammer, oh)
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[Verse 1]
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Another summer takin cover, rolling thunder
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He dont understand me
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Splintered back in winter, silent dinners, bitter
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He was with her in dreams
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[Pre-Chorus]
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Gray and blue and fights and tunnels
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Handcuffed to the spell I was under
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For just one hour of sunshine
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Years of labor, locks, and ceilings
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In the shade of how he was feeling
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But its gonna be alright, I did my time
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[Chorus]
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Now, pretty baby, Im runnin back home to you
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Frеsh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
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(Frеsh out the slammer, oh)
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[Verse 2]
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Camera flashes, welcome bashes, get the matches
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Toss the ashes off the ledge
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As I said in my letters, now that I know better
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I will never lose my baby again
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[Pre-Chorus]
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My friends tried, but I wouldnt hear it
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Watch me daily disappearing
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For just one glimpse of his smile
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All those nights, he kept me goin
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Swirled you into all of my poems
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Now were at the starting line, I did my time
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[Chorus]
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Now, pretty baby, Im runnin
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[Bridge]
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To the house where you still wait up and that porch light gleams (Gleams)
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To the one who says Im the girl of his American dreams
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And no matter what Ive done, it wouldnt matter anyway
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Aint no way Im gonna screw up now that I know whats at stake here
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At the park where we used to sit on childrens swings
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Wearing imaginary rings
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[Outro]
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But its gonna be alright, I did my time
