The Way It Seems to Go

Album: Chesapeake (2011)
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  • My friends become my foes
    And my foes become my friends
    I tend to fall in love with the girls
    My boyfriend ends

    I don't work 9 to 5
    But I'll always work the weekends
    And each time I'll get the world
    In my fingers something happens

    I'm working backwards, forwards
    And left to right
    And I'm pretty darn hard headed
    But I can't make up my mind

    I'll take a tragedy over a fairytale
    But only when the sun is shining
    I'll be the voice of hope in your darkest hour
    I'm an expert in the silver lining

    I'll be there when you need me
    For all the big things
    But I'm really pathetic at perfect timing
    And that's the way it seems to go for me

    I go to bed at 8 and wake up at 4.30
    Most day I drink like a fish and tend to be too flirty
    I am a perfectionist but only when things get dirty
    I cannot stand small talk but I'm great at being wordy

    And I'd rather leave you first
    But then I'll be begging you to come back
    And when I get real quiet
    You know I'm about to attack

    I'll take a walk in the rain or a drive in the dark
    But only when everyone's celebrating
    I'll dig in to your pain and tear it apart
    But only to help the heart that's breaking

    I like to figure things out and make everything right
    But I'm secretly thrilled when everything's changing
    And that's the way it seems to go for me

    If you fall for the part that's brooding and dark
    You will never discover the rest of my heart
    And I want you to see that there's so much to see
    Just before I declare you never knew me

    He's with the small stuff like the world around was over
    I calm him down and we make breakfast for each other
    Our friends all thought we fit so perfectly together
    He likes what he can't have and I sure like bad weather

    I may have left him first
    But I think he'd been leaving for sometime
    I feel like begging him to come back
    But I can't make up my mind

    I'll take a boxing match over the quiet night
    But only to make for better dreams
    I'll back the underdog in any fight
    But only to fight for something worth keeping

    I'm in it to win it, most of the time
    And if it goes down I'll be kicking and screaming
    And that's the way it seems to go for me
    Yeah, and that's the way it seems to go for me
    Whoa, and that's the way it seems to go for me Writer/s: RACHAEL YAMAGATA
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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