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I drove back to Norfolk fully intending
To tell her my mind I was tired of pretending
Something I never was or ever could be
I was sick of that way she kept looking at me
Sheâs pregnant and pissed and telling me why
Sheâs drinking beer and smoking said she couldnât stop
I was never really sure she said I was the father
She could have been lying so I didnât bother
Chorus: People fall into patterns of deceit
Lifeâs like an accident waiting to happen
A package tied up with ribbons so neat
I donât think so the crowdâs stomping and clapping
Now everyone needs everyone uses
Everything changes everyone chooses
And everything comes to a head
Everything comes to a head
Now Brent heâs back from the navy or jail
Or somewhere sometimes itâs hard to tell
Sheâs leaning up against him talking âbout back when
They was hot for each other it could be that way again
Sheâs all up in his ear making it clear
Theyâre shooting the whiskey chasing it beer
I love him she shouts out I never did love you
I tell her hell thatâs what I been waiting to hear
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And the band starts the second or the third set I forget
An old friend comes in we go out blow a number
Later on the bandâs cranking sheâs all over the place
Way she always was up in my face
And goddamn this old world and the way that it is
The musicâs just ugly and pounding and loud
She wants to know why it turned out this way
But I donât know so I donât say
And sheâs out there dancing so alone and above
Them all she donât care sheâs so crazy and wild
Way she was I first met her I think thatâs what I used to love
She was younger and free and had her own style
Now Brentâs back from the dead a thick tongue in his head
Iâm gonna kick your ass he slips as he slurs
Like you really could Iâm thinking laughing to myself
Cause tonight he ainât my problem heâs hers
And I swallow a bottle burns all the way down
Got a rage needs a stage but what would it matter
Nothing at all I know that now
Throw that bottle just past his head
Against the wall to hear it shatter
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