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Album: London With The Lights On (2013)
Charted: 12
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  • Slip!
    Let me talk to you for a minute
    I'm like, baby
    Where did your love go
    You say that I got it but it's so damn hard to believe, yeah
    I said, baby
    Where did ya manners go
    You used to open doors and I adored your courtesy, yeah yeah
    So if you really really really wanna stay in my bed
    You got to win me over again

    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Bring ya love back to me (back to me)
    You put ya heart back in it
    Say it like you mean it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Gimme that TLC (give it back to me)
    And put ya mind back on it
    Do it like I want it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip

    I'm like, baby
    Where did that charm go, yeah
    You used to say I'm pretty, give it all that nitty gritty I need, oh yeah
    I said, baby
    Where did your style go, yeah
    You used to be on top of your game and now you look unclean, oh yeah
    So if you really really really wanna stay in my pants
    You got to do better than that

    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Bring ya love back to me (back to me)
    You put ya heart back in it
    Say it like you mean it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Gimme that TLC (give it back to me)
    And put ya mind back on it
    Do it like I want it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip

    Baby
    Where did my smile go, yeah
    You used to cheer me up but now I'm tearier than 10 babies
    Ooh maybe
    Maybe ya swimming on the other side, yeah
    It's hard to believe how you could ever get enough of me, yeah yeah

    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Bring ya love back to me
    You put ya heart back in it
    Say it like you mean it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Gimme that TLC (give it back to me)
    And put ya mind back on it
    Do it like I want it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Bring ya love back to me
    You put ya heart back in it
    Say it like you mean it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip (slip)
    Gimme that TLC (ooh, give it back to me)
    And put ya mind back on it
    Do it like I want it
    That's how it used to be
    Why did you let it slip Writer/s: ALAN CAGE, SERGIO VEGA, TOM CAPONE, WALTER ARTHUR SCHREIFELS
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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