Mittens

Album: Positive Songs For Negative People (2015)
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  • Wandering lonely through the snow streets of New York
    I stumbled on a thrift store that sold postcards by the yard
    I bought a mile and shipped them home so I could read
    Ten thousand ten-word tragedies, the lives these strangers lead
    To remind myself the things I need

    Cause I once wrote you love songs
    You never fell in love
    We used to fit like mittens, but never like gloves

    You left me feeling like
    We'd never really been in love

    Huddled home up in my place, in Holloway
    I wondered if you ever heard those songs I used to play
    I wrote them as a gift for you and in return
    You gave a pair of hand knit mittens to keep my fingers warm
    So I could play more ignored love songs

    I once wrote you love songs
    You never fell in love
    We used to fit like mittens, but never like gloves
    And I once wrote you postcards
    You never wrote back
    Promised me you would and I'm still waiting for them

    You left me feeling like
    We'd never really been in love
    Don't wanna fit like mittens
    I wanna fit like gloves
    Wanna fit like gloves

    I once wrote you love songs
    You never fell in love
    We used to fit like mittens but never like gloves
    Never like gloves Writer/s: FRANK TURNER
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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