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Smeared black ink. |
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Your palms are sweaty, |
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and I'm barely listening |
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to last demands. |
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I'm staring at the asphalt wondering |
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What's buried underneath where I am? |
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(Where I am) |
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I'll wear my badge: |
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a vinyl sticker with big block letters |
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adhered to my chest. |
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It tells your new friends |
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I am a visitor here... I am not permanent |
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And the only thing keeping me dry is... |
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You seem so out of context, |
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in this gaudy apartment complex. |
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A stranger with your door key, |
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explaining that I'm just visiting. |
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And I am finally seeing |
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why I was the one worth leaving. |
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(I was the one worth leaving) |
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D.C. sleeps alone tonight. |
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(Where I am) |
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You seem so out of context |
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in this gaudy apartment complex. |
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(Where I am) |
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A stranger with your door key |
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explaining that I'm just visiting. |
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(Where I am) |
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And I am finally seeing |
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why I was the one worth leaving. |
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(I was the one worth leaving) |
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(Where I am) |
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The District sleeps alone tonight |
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after the bars turn out their lights. |
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(Where I am) |
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And send the autos swerving |
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into the loneliest evening. |
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(Where I am) |
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And I am finally seeing |
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why I was the one worth leaving. |
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why I was the one worth leaving. |
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why I was the one worth leaving. |
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why I was the one worth leaving. |