On The Floor

Album: Flamingo (2010)
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  • When the lights go down in the city, getting real low
    Settling in my room, I'm unnoticed
    When the still comes in through my window, letting me go
    I feel a calm, come over me, on the floor

    On the floor
    Where the rats all come away clean
    There on the floor
    Where the children all stomped and screamed straight out the door
    Well I find myself on my knees
    Begging please

    When the lights go down in the city
    And everyone goes, to their room
    Walking the trail to dreamland
    When the lights go down in the city, something is roaring
    I find myself waiting to believe

    On the floor
    Where the mice call shots in the corner that's where I'll be
    When the crickets come home and sing their symphony
    Well I find myself on my knees
    Begging please

    On the floor
    Facing the things I've done here on the floor
    Where the years have gathered and run that's where I'll be
    And I find myself on my knees
    Begging please Writer/s: BRANDON FLOWERS
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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