American Slang

Album: American Slang (2010)
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  • Look what you started,
    I seem to be coming out of my skin
    Look what you've forgotten here
    The bandages just don't keep me in

    And when it was over, I woke up alone

    And they cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive
    I got your name tattooed inside of my arm
    I called for my father but my father had died
    While you told me fortunes, in American Slang

    Look at the damage,
    The fortunes came for the richer men.
    While we're left with gallows,
    Waiting for us liars to come down and hang.

    And when it was over, I woke up alone

    And they cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive
    I got your name tattooed inside of my arm
    I called for my father but my father had died
    While you told me fortunes, in American Slang

    And here's where we died that time last year,
    And here's where the angels and devils meet.
    And you can dance with the queen if you need,
    And she will always keep your cards
    Close to her heart ooh
    So close to her heart before they tear you apart

    When they cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive
    I got your name tattooed inside of my arm
    And I called for my father but my father had died
    I called for my father but my father had died
    While you told me fortunes, in American Slang
    You told me fortunes, in American Slang Writer/s: BRIAN FALLON
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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