“LOVER, YOU SHOULD’VE COME OVER” by Jeff Buckley
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Look-ing out the door I see the rain fall u-pon the fun-eral
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mourners.
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Parading in the wake of sad relations, as the shoes fill up with water.
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Maybe I'm just too young to keep good love
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from going wrong, but
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Tonight, You're on my mind so you'll never know
[Verse 2]
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Broken down and hungry for your love, and no way to feed it
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Where are you tonight, child you know how much I need it
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Too young to hold on to old to just
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break free and run
[Chorus]
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Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his
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fun. Much to blind to see the damage he's done, but
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Some times a man must a-wake to find that really, he has
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no - one
[Bridge 1]
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So I'll wait for you and I'll burn Will I ever see your
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Sweet return Oh will I ever learn Oh hh
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lover you should've come over 'cause it's not too
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late
[Verse 3]
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Lonely is the room the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in.
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But burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he has you
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with him.
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My body turns and yearns for a
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sleep that won't ever come, it's never
[Verse 4]
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Over a kingdom for a kiss u-pon her shoulder it's never
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Over all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft a-
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-gainst her. It's never
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over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter. It's never
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over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul for-
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-ever
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Well maybe I'm just too young, to keep good love from going wrong
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[Bridge 2]
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[Bridge 3]
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Well I feel too young to hold on. And I'm
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much too old to break free and run. Too
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deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I've done. Sweet
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lover, you should've come over
[Bridge 4]
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Oh
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lover you should've come over 'cause it's not too
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late.
source: Joe Hoblyn