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Holly Macve – You Can Do Better (2021) | Track profile | Dork

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Holly Macve
Not The Girl
You Can Do Better

TRACK

You Can Do Better

Release date: 13th May 2021

From Not The Girl

Track 4

3:38

Alternative Folk Music Singer/Songwriter

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About This Track

"You Can Do Better" is a track by Holly Macve, from the album Not The Girl, released 13th May 2021. The track is 3:38 long. It's filed under Alternative Folk. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Holly Macve.

About the Artist

Holly Macve

Holly Macve

Lyrics

You Can Do Better

You gave me up for a little while
Like a habit you wanted to break
You saw yourself in my glassy eyes
And it brought you back to your mistakes

So you took a train to a different town
To try something new
The night was young, became lost and old
Like the way things always do

Is it so wrong to love you?
Is it so wrong to care?
Is it so bad to want you?
I can do better, baby I swear

You tied me up with your ribbons
Like I was meant for someone other than you
I tried to keep you smiling
But you just kept making me sad and blue

So I took the train, two stops down
And found myself somebody new
I drank myself away
'Til I was hollow and I was untrue

Is it so wrong to love you?
Is it so wrong to care?
Is it so bad to want you?
I can do better, baby I swear
You can do better, baby I swear

Is it so wrong to love you?
Is it so wrong to care?
Is it so wrong to care?
Is it so wrong to love you?
Is it so wrong to love you?

Is it so wrong to love you?
Is it so wrong to care?
Is it so wrong to love you?
Is it so wrong to care?

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Not The Girl

3:382021

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Album

Track number

4

Release year

2021

1Bird
4:44
2Eye of the Storm
4:10
3Be My Friend
4:02
4You Can Do Better
3:38

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