Selfless - The Strokes

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[Verse 1]
         
  Can the dark

              
 side light my

       
 way? Oh, yeah

        
, yeah
            
Lay your hand 

          
across my face

          
, yeah, yeah
            
Time we lost, 

              
that's all my 

  
fault

[Chorus]

     
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Please don’t b

#   
e    long,
     
'cause I want 

   
    you    now
   
I   don't have

   
 fun,
   
with - out    

   
  you    love
          
Life is too sh

             
ort, but I wil

           
l live for you

[Solo]
   

[Verse 2]
         
How did this f

           
it in your sto

 
ry? Yeah-eah
         
Why’d you let 

              
them judge you

   
r body? Yeah-e

ah
         
I've been wait

             
in' there outs

#  
ide, yeah

[Chorus]
      
Please don’t b

#   
e    long,
     
'cause I want 

   
    you    hea

rt
   
I   don't have

   
 fun,
   
with - out    

   
  you    love
          
Life is too sh

             
ort, but I wil

           
l live for you
     
You're mu  -ck

    
ing off,
             
but I will liv

              
e for you, my 

         
selfless love

[Bridge]
           
Bite my tongue

     
 and wait my t

urn
             
I waited for a

 
 century
           
Waste my breat

      
h, no lessons 

learned
             
I turn and fac

      
e the enemy
           
I'm not scared

             
, just don’t c

are
             
I’m not listen

              
ing' and you’r

  
e here
           
He's never dea

              
d, but I don't

 
 care
             
I can't tell y

            
ou what and wh

ere

[Outro]
  
Yeah-eah
    
Yeah-eah

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