Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)

Album: Selfish Machines (2010)
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  • So what if I was just a painter
    Painting houses on the rich blue coast? (Blue coast)
    Would you ever try to leave me
    For somebody who deserves you most?
    'Cause darling, I am just a painter
    I'm painting houses for the rich old folks (old folks)
    I'm gonna make a million dollars
    'Cause nobody's gonna steal you, no
    For diamonds and gold
    For diamonds and gold

    'Cause I've broken bones for you and for you only
    I make money but we just can't keep this home
    Give me your heart and your hand and we can run
    We can run, we can run, baby, run now
    We can run, baby, run

    She's like a bullet through an ocean
    I still remember how you moved so slow
    You tried to kill me with a shotgun
    Bang, now we're even
    We don't stop till someone's bleeding
    (We don't stop till someone's bleeding)

    I've broken bones for you and for you only
    I make money but we just can't keep this home
    Give me your heart and your hand and we can run
    We can run, we can run, baby, run now
    We can run baby, run, baby, you're my hope

    Permanently yours
    Sometimes the moon looks brighter than the sun
    As times like this run up my wrist
    She hates all of the guts and blood
    Splash around with me while we move like flames on burning sheets
    And your doctor won't stop calling me her medication

    But, baby, no, sometimes things don't work out the way we planned
    To live is just to fall asleep
    To die is to awaken

    Maybe we're meant to lose the ones we love
    But I'll fight for you till then
    And if they stole you from me
    On my arm, there's a tattoo of your name

    I've broken bones for you and for you only
    I make money, but fuck money, we want love
    Give me your heart and your hand and we can run
    (We can run, we can run, we can run)
    (We can run, we can run, we can run) Writer/s: Michael Fuentes, Victor Fuentes
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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