Let's Do The Things We Normally Do
by Dido

Album: Safe Trip Home (2008)
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  • Let's pretend that we'll be here tomorrow
    And I'll try for you to be a little more on time
    I know you need to say you know you've let me down
    But you haven't, and it's hard to talk with people all around

    Please don't say how proud you are
    Let's do the things we normally do
    Well I'll say see you later
    You'll sing a line or two
    From your rebel songs sung out of tune
    Don't hold my hand for longer than you need to

    Lets forget that we're here and make some plans
    We'll go for walks
    Sit together on the bench we always sat
    I'll tell you every little detail of my day and so will you
    But don't try to stay awake
    I'm feeling tired too

    This is just another day
    Let's do the things we normally do
    Well I'll say see you later you'll sing a line or two
    From your rebel songs sung out of tune
    Don't hold my hand for longer than you need to

    Armored cars and tanks and guns, came to take away our sons
    And everybody stood behind
    The man behind the wire
    There's a fight to love
    A fight to have
    Your bed's a battlefield and back
    And all of this will just be stripped away

    Let's do the things we normally do
    I'll say see you later you'll sing a line or two
    From your rebel songs sung out of tune
    Don't hold my hand for longer than you need to
    Don't look me in the eye more than you need to

    Don't try to say goodbye if I don't want to
    Don't say how proud you are
    And say I'm far away
    And take along
    And say a word
    And I can say I fade away Writer/s: DIDO ARMSTRONG, JON BRION
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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