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The Riff

Lyrics

Funny how time slips away 
looking at the cracks creeping across my face 
I remember the little kid living in here 
he'll be living here probably until I'm dead. 

Please don't leave me, baby 
please don't leave me yet. 

Sitting in a box away from the world out there 
a world piled high with boxes just like this 
but please don't ever leave me alone in here 
take me out, shake off the dust, shake off the fear. 

Please don't leave me, baby 
please don't leave me yet. 

If you stay with me 
that don't mean we gotta stay the same 
if you stay with me 
well baby, you and me we'll change the game 

Well I don't know the man that's livin' in my head 
'til you reach down and bring the light back in 
no, I don't know the man that's living in my head 
if I don't know the woman sleeping in my bed. 

Remember how we used to kiss, baby 
kiss like it was everything? 
Remember how we used to love, baby 
love like it was everything? 

You stay with me 
that don't mean we have to stay the same 
if you stay with me 
well baby, you and me we'll change the game 
you stay with me 
I'll follow you and we can start again, baby. 

I only got a minute or two to spare 
and I gotta whole damn life to fit in there 
so why waste time staring at the T.V. set? 
like I got dreams to kill and people to forget. 

Remember how we used to dance, baby 
just like it was everything? 

You stay with me 
and that don't mean we have to stay the same 
you stay with me 
baby, you and me can make the change
you stay with me 
but that don't mean I wanna stay the same. 

You stay with me 
well baby, you and me we'll change the game.

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