Triple Dog Dare

Album: Home Video (2021)
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  • I'm not tired yet
    We still got a lot to figure out
    Like what was the end of the movie about, anyways?
    You're yawning on your couch
    I wonder if I overstayed my welcome
    Until you asked me if I'd like to take a walk
    We're going to the five and dime
    The only open place at this time of night
    You're dancing in the aisle 'cause the radio
    Is singing you a song you know
    And the kid at the counter is gawking at your grace
    I can tell what he's thinking by the look on his face
    It's not his fault, I'm sure I look the same
    It's what you do but it's not you I blame

    Your mama read my palm
    She wouldn't tell me what it was she saw
    But after that, you weren't allowed to spend the night
    I'm staring at my hands
    Red, ruddy skin, I don't understand
    How did they betray me? What did I do?
    I never touched you how I wanted to
    What can I say to your mom to let you come outside?
    You know I'll be seeking if you run and hide
    If the door were to open, would you walk through the frame?
    If you're too afraid, it won't be you I blame

    You passed a note in class
    Told me to meet you at the overpass
    Your lip was trembling when you said that we are cursed
    You're trying not to cry
    When you tell me you're afraid that we may die
    I said "So what? Everybody's scared of that"
    I want you to tell me that you miss me
    Want you to hold and hurt and kiss me
    I wanna run away and live on your family's boat
    It's a triple dog dare, you're a chicken if you don't
    I can fish for our food and you know how to start a flame
    If you don't get out now you'll only have yourself to blame

    You said, "You have me there
    If it's a triple dog dare"
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare
    A triple dog dare

    They put our faces on the milk jugs
    Missing children 'til they gave up
    Your mama was right, and through the grief
    Can't fight the feeling of relief
    Nothing worse could happen now
    Nothing worse could happen now
    Nothing worse could happen now Writer/s: Lucy Dacus
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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