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Mayday Parade
A Lesson in Romantics
Black Cat

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Black Cat

Release date: 9th July 2007

From A Lesson in RomanticsTrack 23:24

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Lyrics

Black Cat

Close up, camera one
The hero sings in this scene
The boy that gets the girl gets to go home where they get married
But stop the tape
The sunset still looks fake to me
The hero looks like he can't breathe
The damsel just left everything

You're like a black cat with a black backpack full of fireworks
& You're gonna burn the city down right now
Whoa, whoa
You're like a black cat with a black backpack full of fireworks
& You're gonna burn the city down right now
Whoa, whoa

Oh, close up, camera two
'Cause the hero dies in this scene
Your inspiration is the loss of absolutely everything
& Flashback on the girl
As we montage every memory
& We bleed out in the bathroom sink
Then we fade out as the soundtrack sings

You're like a black cat with a black backpack full of fireworks
& You're gonna burn the city down right now
Whoa, whoa
You're like a black cat with a black backpack full of fireworks
& You're gonna burn the city down right now
Whoa, whoa

She said, "Get your hands off of my star
It's not your part, but all your fault"
& This jealous actress has a habit
Of making things sound way too tragic
"Get your hands off of my star
It's not your part, but all your fault"

& This jealous actress has a habit
Of making things sound way too tragic
& This jealous actress has a habit
Of making things sound way too tragic

Oh, this jealous actress has a habit
Of making things sound way too tragic
You're like a black cat with a black backpack full of fireworks

You're gonna burn the city down right now
Whoa, whoa
You're like a black cat with a black backpack full of fireworks
& You're gonna burn the city down right now
Whoa, whoa
You're like a black cat with a black backpack full of fireworks
& You're gonna burn the city down right now
Whoa whoa
& This jealous actress has a habit
Whoa

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Track details

From A Lesson in Romantics

3:242007

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Album

A Lesson in Romantics

Track number

2

Release year

2007

1Jamie All Over
3:36
2Black Cat
3:24
3When I Get Home You're so Dead
3:14
4Jersey
3:29

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4:38
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Letting GoBlack Lines
3:51

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