The Kelly Song Collective

The Cliche Song (For John Mayer)

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I see the future in your eyes

But whiskey can't erase the lies

That bring the rain to desert skies

And now my heart is broken

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I wrote this song in five minutes

John Mayer thinks it's great

but Leonard Cohen will be waiting

at the pearly gates

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The sunset always makes me cry

Your love was always worth a try

You never even said goodbye

Now this bottle's filled with tears

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I just need time to make it right

Baby please just spend the night

Let's make up we don't have to fight

I'll be a better man

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I ran around but I'm on my knees

Beggin you to have me please

I'll climb a mountain and swim the seas

To have you once again

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Lonely footprints in the snow

Mark the pain you'll never know

Strangers everywhere I go

You're the only one for me

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I can't just let you go

Your smile haunts me so

The dreams I may never know

Now that you're gone

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We're still dancing in my heart

Where we make a brand new start

We never ever had to part

I'll love you forever

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Your hair catches smoky light

When I feel you every night

Wish I could have made it right

Only memories remain

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I think about my time with you

We've been together girl it's true

I don't know what I'll do

Without you by my side

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So I alone I sit and think

Guess I'll have another drink

You've got me on the brink

And I'm falling

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© Michael Worthington Music 2019