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Dashboard Confessional – The Only Gift That I Need (2007) | Track profile | Dork

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Dashboard Confessional
The Shade of Poison Trees
The Only Gift That I Need

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Dashboard Confessional

The Only Gift That I Need

Release date: 2nd October 2007

From The Shade of Poison Trees

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"The Only Gift That I Need" is a track by Dashboard Confessional, from the album The Shade of Poison Trees, released 2nd October 2007. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Dashboard Confessional.

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The Only Gift That I Need

You'll be leaving for the winter

But I'll concede that it's true

It's the right thing for you

But it's tough to be moved with the holiday spirit

And to tell you the truth

I had big plans for Christmas and high hopes for you

I want you here by my side

Cold nights and fires and white wine

And dreams of holidays to come

But I'll wait for spring to bring you to me

The only gift that I need

I'll be living off your phone calls and your letters and your postcards

Every single word is like a secret wish come true

Well, who cares if we're apart for the big days

It's the small ones that made me fall in love with you

I want you here by my side

Cold nights and fires and white wine

And dreams of holidays to come

But I'll wait for spring to bring you to me

The only gift that I need

The only gift that I need (repeat)

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From The Shade of Poison Trees

2007

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The Shade of Poison Trees

Dashboard Confessional

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2007

—Clean Breaks
—Fever Dreams
—Keep Watch for the Mines
—Little Bombs
—The Widow’s Peak
—The Rush
—The Shade of Poison Trees
—The Only Gift That I Need
—Where There's Gold
—I Light My Own Fires Now
—Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get
—These Bones
—Matters of Blood and Connection
—Thick as Thieves

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