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The Cars
Live at the Agora, 1978
Take What You Want

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Take What You Want

Release date: 20th April 1999

From Live at the Agora, 1978

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About This Track

"Take What You Want" is a track by The Cars, from the album Live at the Agora, 1978, released 20th April 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Cars

The Cars

Lyrics

Take What You Want

Take what you want

Leave what you don't

Take what you want

Leave what you don't

I'm painting a face

The color is dripping

Magnesium moments

In black fairy tales

I live on emotion

And comic relief

I put this one on you

Run, run, run like a thief

Am I all alone?

Am I all alone?

Salamander sunrise

Comes at 4:44

Lingerie madness

Don't you kick down the door

Sweet Sarah's so wild

Don't you know I'm losing your head?

Down the dark alley

Where rumors are spread

The room is so dark

And I'm catching your fire

I'm in love with your face

It's so confused by desire

Am I all alone?

Am I all alone?

Am I alone?

I'm winding it up

It's running, it's running back down

I'm winding it up

It's running, it's running back down

So take what you want

And leave what you don't

Said, take what you want

And leave what you don't

Take it

Take it

Take it

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Track details

From Live at the Agora, 1978

1999

Album

Live at the Agora, 1978

Release year

1999

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