Portrait Of A Blank Slate - Lovejoy
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Tuning: G C E A, G C E A
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
He told me that much and now he's dead. Told me to kill my indulgences
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with a sharp blow to the temple. Pick up the phone call and do everything he says.
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Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy. I'm pretty cool once you get to know me.
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[Refrain]
I feel at some point I broke my mind. I'm always searching, the silent type.
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How do you all make it look so easy? You open your hearts up so quickly, it scares me.
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[Verse 2]
She's an artist, paints across my chest. Goes to parties, act like hotel guests.
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Wake up Monday, now it's over. Don't you know no one gets what they came here for?
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I could paint her, wrapped around her. We could make such a pretty picture.
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Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy. I'm pretty cool once you get to know me.
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[Chorus]
But I'm just the same,
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I've got a boring
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name.
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Across the world of what you want and what you came here
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for. So I'll wait here
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for you. I said, "Please, just let me
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stay". Oh, just let me
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stay, oh
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[Verse 3]
I guess you know now what to expect. He lives your own life in retrospect.
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You know it bores me? His insecurities. Breaks you down just to act as the architect.
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I could wait here, by the west pier. Watch the flotsam float, slowly disappear.
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Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy. If only you knew just how much better things could be.
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[Refrain]
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Another week of action
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Another hypoglycaemic reaction
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(Woo)
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[Chorus]
But I'm just the same,
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I've got a boring
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name.
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Across the world of what you want and what you came here
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for. So I'll wait here
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for you. I said, "Please, just let me
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stay". Oh, just let me
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stay, Oh, just let me
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[Outro]
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I'm sorry, it's all so predictable
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I'm sorry, it's all so predictable
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