Kings of Medicine

Album: Battle For The Sun (2009)
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  • They're picking up pieces of me
    While they're picking up pieces of you
    In a bag you will be before the day is over
    Were you looking for somewhere to be?
    Were you looking for someone to do?
    Stupid me to believe that I could trust in stupid you

    And on the back of my hand
    Were directions I could understand
    Now that old buzzer Johnnie Walker
    Has gone and ruined all our plans
    Our best made plans

    Don't leave me here to pass for time
    Without a map or road sign
    Don't leave me here my guiding light
    'Cause I, I

    Wouldn't know where to begin
    I ask the kings of medicine

    They're picking up pieces of me
    While they're picking up pieces of you
    Lying on ice you will be before the day is over
    So case and point may be
    That you never thought it through
    Stupid me to believe I could depend on stupid you

    And on the tip of my tongue
    Were words that always came out wrong
    'Cause they were drowned in Southern Comfort
    And left to dry out in the sun
    The noon day sun

    Don't leave me here to pass for time
    Without a map or road sign
    Don't leave me here my guiding light
    'Cause I, I

    Wouldn't know where to begin
    I ask the kings of medicine
    But it seems they've lost their powers
    Now all I'm left with is the hours

    Don't leave me here to pass for time
    Without a map or road sign
    Don't leave me here my guiding light
    'Cause I, I

    Wouldn't know where to begin
    I ask the kings of medicine
    But it seems they've lost their powers
    Now all I'm left with is the hours

    Don't leave me here
    Don't leave me here
    Oh no

    I wouldn't know where to begin Writer/s: BRIAN MOLKO, STEFAN OLSDAL, STEVE FORREST, WILLIAM LLOYD
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Alis from Brasov, RomaniaOne of the best songs on the album, in my opinion. Love the way it sounds happier at the end.
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