Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart

Album: Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
Charted: 36
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  • Don't cut out my paper heart
    I ain't dying anyway
    Take a look at Eiffel towers
    Never trust them dirty liars
    Sipping lemon yellow booze
    Old lead-belly sings the blues
    All dressed up on wedding day
    Keep on tripping anyway

    I am, I am, I said I'm not myself
    I'm not dead and I'm not for sale
    So keep your bankroll lottery
    Eat your salad day, deathbed motorcade

    Fake the heat and scratch the itch
    Skinned up knees and salty lips
    I'll breathe your life, Vicks vapor life
    And when you binge, I purge alike
    Let go, it's harder holding on
    One more trip and I'll be gone
    So keep your head up, keep it on
    Just a whisper, I'll be gone
    Take a breath and make it big
    It's the last you'll ever get
    Break your neck with diamond noose
    It's the last you'll ever choose

    I am, I am, I said I'm not myself
    I'm not dead and I'm not for sale
    Hold me closer, closer, let me go
    Let me be, just let me be

    I am, I am, I said I'm not myself
    I'm not dead and I'm not for sale
    So keep your bankroll lottery
    Just sound your deathbed motorcade

    I am, I am, I said I'm not myself
    I'm not dead and I'm not for sale
    Hold me closer, closer, let me go
    Let me be, just let me be

    I am, I am, I said I'm not myself
    I'm not dead and I'm not for sale
    So keep your bankroll lottery
    Eat your salad day, deathbed motorcade Writer/s: Dean DeLeo, Eric Kretz, Robert Emile DeLeo, Scott Richard Weiland
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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