By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Standing in li

              
ne to see the 


show tonight,
              
And there's a 


light on, heav

y glow.
            
By the way I t

              
ried to say I'

  
d be there, wa

iting for.
             
Dani the girl 

           
is singing son

gs to me,
            
Beneath the ma

rquee, overloa

d.
 
 
         
Steak knife.
        
Card Shark.
     
Con job.
      
Boot cut.
 
 
        
Skin that flic

k, she's such 

a little DJ.
        
Get there quic

k by street bu

t not the free

way.
        
Turn that tric

k to make a li

ttle leeway.
           
Beat that nic 

but not the wa

y that we play

.
 
 
      
Dog town. 
        
Blood bath.
      
Rib cage.
       
Soft tail.
 
 
             
Standing in li

              
ne to see the 


show tonight,
              
And there's a 


light on, heav

y glow.
            
By the way I t

              
ried to say I'

          
d be there, wa

iting for.
 
 
         
Black jack.
       
Dope dick.
          
Pawn shop.
        
Quick pick.
 
 
        
Kiss that dyke

, I know you w

ant to hold on

e.
      
Not on strike,

 but I'm about

 to bowl one.
        
Bite that mic,

 I know you ne

ver stole one.
        
Girls that lik

e a story so I

 told one.
 
 
       
Song bird. 
         
Main line. 
       
Cash back. 
      
Hard top.
 
 
             
Standing in li

              
ne to see the 


show tonight,
              
And there's a 


light on, heav

y glow.
            
By the way I t

              
ried to say I'

  
d be there, wa

iting for.
             
Dani the girl 

           
is singing son

gs to me,
            
Beneath the ma

rquee... of he

r soul.
            
By the way I t

              
ried to say I'

  
d be there, wa

iting for.
 
 
        
Ooh ahh, 'gues

s you never me

ant it
        
Ooh ahh, 'gues

s you never me

ant it
        
Ooh ahh, 'gues

s you never me

ant it
        
Ooh ahh, 'gues

s you never me

ant it
        
Ooh ahh, 'gues

s you never me

ant it
        
Ooh ahh, 'gues

s you never me

ant it
        
Ooh ahh, 'gues

s you never me

ant it
        
Ohh ahh.
 
 
             
Standing in li

              
ne to see the 


show tonight,
              
And there's a 


light on, heav

y glow.
            
By the way I t

              
ried to say I'

          
d be there, wa

iting for.
             
Dani the girl 

           
is singing son

gs to me,
            
Beneath the ma

rquee, of her 

soul.
            
By the way I t

              
ried to say I 

        
know you, from

 before
 
 
             
Standing in li

              
ne to see the 


show tonight,
              
And there's a 

 
light on, heav

y glow.
            
By the way I t

              
ried to say I'

          
d be there, wa

         
iting for.    

 

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