Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)

Album: Nothing Personal (2009)
Charted: 67
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  • I've fought it for a long time now
    While drowning in a river of denial
    I washed up, fixed up, picked up
    All my broken things

    'Cause you left me, police tape, chalk line
    Tequila shots in the dark scene of the crime
    Suburban living with a feeling that I'm giving up
    Everything for you

    Oh, oh, oh, how was I supposed to know
    That you were o-o-over me? I think that I should go (go!)
    And something's telling me to leave, but I won't
    'Cause I'm damned if I do ya, damned if I don't

    It took a lot to take you home
    One stupid call and I end up alone
    Your made up, dressed up, messed up
    Plans I set in stone

    But you made me do it
    And I don't like dancing in the alley
    With a street rat night life
    Can't keep living with a feeling that I'm giving up
    Everything for you

    Oh, oh, oh, how was I supposed to know
    That you were o-o-over me? I think that I should go (go!)
    And something's telling me to leave, but I won't
    'Cause I'm damned if I do ya, damned if I don't

    Make a fool of myself when you hang around
    When you're gone, I'm a match that's burning out
    Could've been, should've done what I said I was going to (said that I would do)
    But I never promised you (but I never promised you)
    (Promised you, promised you, promised you, promised you)

    Oh, oh, oh, how was I supposed to know
    That you were o-o-over me? I think that I should go (go!)
    It never took a fool to see the things that I won't
    'Cause I'm damned if I do ya, damned if I do ya

    Oh, oh, oh, how was I supposed to know ('cause you left me police scenes, chalk line)
    That you were o-o-over me? I think that I should go (Tequila shots in the dark scene of the crime)
    And something's telling me to leave but I won't
    'Cause I'm damned if I do ya, damned if I d-d-d
    Damned if I do ya, damned if I don't Writer/s: Alexander William Gaskarth, Butch Walker, Jack Bassam Barakat, Robert Ryan Dawson, Zachary Steven Merrick
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 2

  • Carli from Pemberville, OhAlex Gaskarth
  • Nicole from Brisbane, Australiaahhh no, he's damned if he screws her and damned if he doesnt.... not make her happy but whatever floats your boat...
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