Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Smeared black ink
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Your face is ashen and I'm barely listening
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To last demands
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I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
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What's buried underneath
[Chorus]
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Where I am
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Where I am
[Verse 2]
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I'll wear my badge
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B vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
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That tells your new friends
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I am a visitor here
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I am not permanent
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And the only thing
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Keeping me dry is
[Chorus]
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Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
[You seem so out of context]
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Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
[B stranger with your door key]
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Where I am (why I was the one worth leaving)
[And I am finally seeing]
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(Why I was the one worth leaving)
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D.C. sleeps alone tonight
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D.C. sleeps alone tonight
[Chorus]
D G A A
Where I am (In this gaudy apartment complex)
[You seem so out of context]
D G A A
Where I am (Explaining that I am just visiting)
[B stranger with your door key]
D G A A D
Where I am (why I was the one worth leaving)
[And I am finally seeing]
G D
(Why I was the one worth leaving)
[Bridge]
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The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights
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And leave the autos swerving into the loneliest evening
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And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving
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Why I was the one worth leaving
A G D
Why I was the one worth leaving
A G D
Why I was the one worth leaving
[Outro]
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