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When you said you loved me, did you really love me or did the words just spill out like drool on my pillow. ‘Cause I was naked when you said those words, but I felt covered in your whispered worship. And as you passed out fast on my shoulder, I imagined a child waiting so sad and still for his mom to arrive. Did she leave you an orphan, in that big, brown leather chair? Said, “ Don’t you move a muscle, kid, I’ll be back in twenty years,” You were scared, you were lonely, but you must’ve been aware; life is a series of calluses, this is just another layer. So, build’em up, tough it out, yeah, that’s your skin – don’t let anyone under there.

When you said you needed me, did you really need me or was it just someone – oh, you’d take anything. Am I first on that list of yours, or am I second, or third? So, who’s that ahead of me, some harlot from Pittsburgh? Or Detroit, Santa Fe, or San Diego? I know you’re so alone, but how much affection does one guy really need?

Did you date a lot in high school? Were you always chasing girls? Couldn’t you find some young valentine to steal your heart for good? Were you content, or contemptible? Are your memories pleasant, or is it a string of endless flings of bitter resentment. Seems that what you want and what you need doesn’t mean a thing, we’re just here for the taking.

When you said you’d hurt me, did you think you hurt me? Are you really that cocky? Yeah, what a heartbreaker! Well, I’ve got my armor – yeah, I’ve been through some battles before – and I met your old girlfriend, she said, “Baby, don’t bother.” She told me you told her you’d hurt her….funny, how familiar. So, how much of this relationship was rehearsed?

Did you act out as a child? Were you always crying wolf? Attention-starved, you tried too hard just to get someone to look. Now you’re the wolf in second-hand clothing; I’m the sheep in a pleated skirt. It’s an awkward form of payback, but if it works for you – it works. It’s that I recognize your off-white lies, still, I lie beside you – and that’s what really hurts.

When you said you’d leave me…well, why haven’t you left me? What are we still doing here, so desperate for company? There’s a greyhound on Jackson Street, there’s an airport in Council Bluffs…hell, there’s a car in the driveway – fifty ways to get lost.

But as I hold you and listen to you sleeping, I’m starting to wonder if I really believe that you’ll ever really leave. Would you leave me an orphan, in that big, brown leather chair? The one you’ve lugged around from town to town for all these years. It’s the trophy of your childhood, like a shark’s tooth or gator skin boots – but this one holds you prisoner – it holds me prisoner too. What we need to set us free is to let go of each other – let go of everything.

When I said I loved you, it was because I loved you. When I said I needed you, well, I really need you. Yeah, I guess you hurt me, for once you’re a man of your word. Well, guess what – I’m leaving – I can’t be your prisoner.

I won’t.

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yhsethdr | Reviewer: rjyhjy | 10/5/09

"This song puts definition to EXACTLY how I feel. My boyfriend right now needs to hear this song. I'm sick of being the second best. He'll always be in love with her. blah blah blah. He needs to grow some balls and get over her. Guys are so stupid."

Uhh the person who said this is a total bitch.

yeah i guess you hurt me | Reviewer: celessa | 5/31/08

i have loved this song for so long.

now, crazy enough, i just got out of a painful relationship. every word matches the emotions i am going through. it hurts so damn much to hear this song, but it is so damn good.

thhhhaaankkks to the good life

tiny correction? | Reviewer: randall | 1/1/08

this song is amazing, that much goes without saying.

i know this is nitpicking and completely a tiny detail but where the lyric says

"Oh, you'd take anything"

she actually sings

"YEAH, you'd take anything"

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this is a masterpiece of a song, well written and evokes emotion from ANYONE who's experienced pain from a relationship

<3 | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/5/07

This song puts definition to EXACTLY how I feel. My boyfriend right now needs to hear this song. I'm sick of being the second best. He'll always be in love with her. blah blah blah. He needs to grow some balls and get over her. Guys are so stupid.

Oh, you'd take anything | Reviewer: Stephanie | 8/29/07

This is the most heartfelt, and powerful song I've ever heard. <333 cursive, and the good life

obsessed | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/15/05

this song has become my new obsession. i listen to it constantly and am really excited to know all of the lyrics! gotta love the good life.

simply amazing | Reviewer: deborah | 7/3/05

this song is simply incredible. it opened my eyes to the rest of The Good Life's music, but this is definately the best.

Inmates | Reviewer: Patrick | 6/4/05

This song is one of the best on the album. It is even better live, especially since Tim doesn't change anything and sings it from a woman's perspective.

thank you for printing the lyrics!!!!! | Reviewer: joseph | 11/27/04

i absolutly adore this song as well as tim and company. go good life, go cursive!!!!

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