Vien
This is the first letter from the horse's mouth
There's trouble up north, a skirmish down south
The people of the east are heading out west
And those without shelter are hoping for the best
This is the first letter, positions have changed
The opposition's HQ is now within range
Cities retaken are put to the torch
Snowfall in the mountains, supplies are running short
This is the first letter, a motion's been passed
Cease-fire in operation, how long can it last?
There's nothing in the market, the embargo's enforced
Except if you're shipping guns of course
This is the first letter under a daytime raid
Prisoners of war are put on display
Geneva convention's a Time/Life away
Sanctions are broken, violate the blockade
I have this itch
To press the switch
To turn it on
To make you rich
Rich, rich, sexy and rich
I had a wish
And it came true
To turn you off
To make you view
You, you, me and you
I'll close your eyes
We're almost there
I am true
And you are rare
Rare, rare, you really care
Close you're eyes, I'm (we're) almost there
You, you, it's only you
It's (you're) true, true
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
But into the sense that it's gone
Look at the stain and you
You are figures in crumbs
So who's your latest blame?
Driving a while in the fast lane
I won't say I told you so
But the boy has no shame
Once when the hands were full
We were trouble a crisp? in the sun
Nothing at all to show
For a love so precious
Gone from it all
How can you say, "It doesn't matter much to me"?
A ton to stay?, too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's degree
Don't know what you got 'til it's gone
The thrill of the chase then it's gone
Only the hurt approve?
Will it ever rejoin?
Life is a wonderful thing
When you're humming the words to a love song
Do what you want to do
Either you want to be
When I'm in your arms I'm strong
There's nowhere I'd rather be
Wishing for liberty, life
And the pursuits of pleasure
Gone from it all
And then you say, "This isn't happening to me"?
A ton to stay?, too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's degree
Cold summer's day
Amongst the flowers
And then I said that
How the days have gone, to view them fast
They said, "It wasn't meant to last"
A ton to stay?, too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's degree
How the days have gone
They said it wouldn't last
Much too much to ask
Your heart is made of glass
Love will save the day
You'll see it go away
You're like a shattered heart
A shattered heart in love's degree
It's beginning, to, and back again.
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