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[Verse]

Sadly I woke up in Connecticut

In some Nightingale’s art deco Murphy bed

And the wall-to-wall shag loneliness

Was more fuel on the burning mess

I hope you saw the flames before they died

[Verse]

Your brother is a friend I’ll hate to lose

He said you’re somewhere down in Newport News

I don’t blame him for being vague

I probably would have done the same

Though if someone’s going to bleed it won’t be you

[Chorus]

If you needed the heat from another light

That’s a metaphor I believe

But if it makes no difference to you

The way you get what you need

Oh tell me why my love was so easy to leave

My love so easy to leave

[Verse]

I caught a dragon bus to Chinatown

I bought some knock-off shoes and knocked around

Then I stood where Prince meets Lafayette

I won’t forgive and I won’t forget

But I’d kiss your ass to kiss your ass again

[Chorus]

If you needed the heat from another light

That’s a metaphor I believe

But if it makes no difference to you

The way you get what you need

Oh tell me why my love was so easy to leave

My love so easy to leave

[Bridge]

Let’s tie a knot in this

If not I know the poison will soak all the way through

I’d swear on your soul I forgo any

Right to stick it back at you

[Chorus]

If you needed the heat from another light

That’s a metaphor I believe

But if it makes no difference to you

The way you get what you need

Oh tell me why my love was so easy to leave

My love so easy to leave