Tales Of Coming News

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[Verse 1]

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I'm so tired of hearing tales of coming news
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Telling tales of a changing sky
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It's just a shame that I didn't notice you
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Till someone I loved had to die
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What made us think that this was so different
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Who is driving behind those things you say
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Why do you insult me and my friends
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Who are my friends anyway
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I've spent my life lying now I pay the price
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Are these really words of a young man or a worthless human life
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I don't mean to scare you with the things I say
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I take it back, yes it's a beautiful day
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I watched you from the beach when your ship sailed
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You made it clear that nothing stays the same
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It's getting darker I wonder if you could tell
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I wonder when did all that change

[Riff] x4

[Verse 2]

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You never used to let me go un---
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I was so distracted I never saw the rain
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You promised you meant every word you said
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I wonder when did all that change
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It hurts so bad to hear such pretty words
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coming from somebody like you
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I've been looking for so long that I've lost touch
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With what's the best something to do
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I've got a friend who makes good choices
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Everyone likes the way that he sees things
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I've got a problem and it walks me daily
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Can't you see no one's proud of me
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It's a long road alone and I'm not proving
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Anything going by myself
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When your love light is on and really moving
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Oh sugar girl I do appreciate the help

[Riff] x4

[Verse 3]

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I had my fun with money gold and diamonds
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Thought went sour before they got to me
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I'll be waiting girl but don't go counting hours
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I'm not waiting for any of the three
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I was just a peasant from the highlands
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She said don't you call me your mountain girl
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I said don't bother me I'm trying to write and
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don't worry you ain't my mountain girl
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I can call you but I'd probably make you cry
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These days it's what you often times do
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Call the preacher then go call your father
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Tell them that the wedding plans have moved
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I sent a message, said I'd be gone forever
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The letter of reply never came
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She said that she'd be true but I wouldn't let her
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I wonder when did all that change

[Riff] x4

[Verse 4]

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Hell has no fury like a woman
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Happy scorned or otherwise
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You can do what you want to with your name
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But you can bet I'm changing mine
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Well I'd give a hundred dollars to get a letter
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If at the bottom it said I miss you bad
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See but the truth of the matter is no one back home really misses me
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You see how I talk when I'm sad
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Since I was young I've known a lot of women
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who said they'd give their love to me...
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