Room By Room

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If the keys in my hand turned a lock of your hair
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I would walk through a glance and I’d stop at the stare
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Then I’d follow it down to the very last step
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And I’d wait by the room where your secrets are kept

[Bridge 1]
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[Verse 2]
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If you beckoned me in I would hang my black hat
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on a bottle of pain by your hurricane lamp
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Then I’d search every shelf with that flame as my guide
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and I’d burn every book with a villain inside

[Bridge 2]
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[Chorus]
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Then I’d march through the door to you parlor of need
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Where the glass on the floor would make weaker men bleed
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But the weight of my words would turn slivers to dust
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And I’ll pace for as long as I live If I must

[Verse 3]
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Then I tip toe outside, I’d admire the hedge
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And I’d climb up your walls to the very top ledge
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Then I’d pause for a time and I’d look at your world
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And I’d fashion a rhyme for a lost little girl

[Outro]
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