[INTRO]

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[VERSE 1]
            
I am walking p

             
ast the sprink

             
lers and the n

             
ewly painted p

orches
            
And the lemona

             
de stand girls

             
 on a suburban

      
 afternoon
            
I am leaving c

             
uz I love you,

             
 I am leaving 

      
cuz I don't
            
And I am hopin

             
g you will fol

             
low, and I'm p

              
raying that yo

  
u won't
           
Let me go

   

            
I am captive i

             
n your presenc

             
e I will melt 

            
before your ey

es
            
But I still cr

             
ave your appro

             
val, and I'm h

             
elpless when y

             
ou criticize, 


criticize

[CHORUS]
             
Cuz it's writt

           
en on your bod

#    
y -- it's on t

he tip of your

 tongue
             
The look in yo

              
ur eyes, in th

  
e glare of the

 sun
             
The touch of y

          
our cold finge

            
rs, when you s

   
ay goodbye

The way that y

ou linger
             
The way that y

          
ou lie

   

[VERSE 2]
            
You saw me thr

             
ough the keyho

             
le of a door t

           
hat I kept loc

ked
            
But I'd decora

             
te the thresho

             
ld just in cas

      
e you knocked
            
What I might f

             
eel on the edg

             
es you will ne

           
ver come to kn

ow
            
And who I migh

             
t be in the co

             
rners I will n

             
ever ever ever

      
 ever show
      
Never show

[CHORUS]
             
Cuz it's writt

          
en on my body 

   
-- it's on the

 tip of my ton

gue
             
The look in my

              
 eyes, in the 


glare of the s

un
             
The touch of m

          
y cold fingers

           
, when I say g

oodbye

The way that I

 linger
             
The way that I

          
 lie

   

[VERSE 3]
            
Who said that 

             
love would lin

             
ger who said t

              
hat love would

 
 last
            
When we cannot

             
 seize the mom

             
ent and we wil

              
l not leave th

  
e past
            
I don't think 

             
I was afraid o

             
f you but how 

           
could I be sur

e
            
When with ever

             
y altercation 

             
you were showi

          
ng me the door
             
Well here I go

             
, here I go, h

             
ere I go...

[CHORUS]
             
Cuz it's writt

          
en on our bodi

      
es -- it's on 

the tip of our

 tongues
             
The look in ou

              
r eyes, in the

 
 glare of the 

sun
             
The touch of o

          
ur cold finger

            
s, when we say

 
 goodbye

The way that w

e linger

The way that w

e lie

The touch of y

our fingers

The look in yo

ur eyes

The way we acc

use

The way we den

y

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