Ron Pope - White lies

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I said, &^Gquot;Everybody's headed out to La, But I hate to see you ^Emsuffer. You love New York in the summer." So let's ^Ggather up the pieces of this broken, wilted thing. It's worth^Em the struggle. I just ache to touch you.

I've ^Dalways wanted ^Emyou ^Ctoo cl^Dose.

And I said ^CWhy, wh^Gy, why,^Em is it hard to s^Dleep without you? Well ^CI don't ^Gmind^Em if you build your d^Dreams around it. ^CWe won't survive on ^Gthis borrowed time; ^EmI don't know why ^Dyou'd wanna try. I said, &^Cquot;Wh^Gy, why^Em, why do we wa^Dste time on ^Cthese w^Ghite li^Emes?&^Dquot;

I c^Gatch a glimpse of fingernails with cracked pink polish, Tapping out a r^Emhythm, I'm just wondering what you're thinking. There's a f^Gaded photograph of someone else you used to love. Can't stop from^Em wishing, That you'd just forget him.

I've ^Dalways wanted ^Emyou ^Ctoo cl^Dose.

And I said ^CWhy, wh^Gy, why,^Em is it hard to s^Dleep without you? Well ^CI don't ^Gmind^Em if you build your d^Dreams around it. ^CWe won't survive on ^Gthis borrowed time; ^EmI don't know why ^Dyou'd wanna try. I said, &^Cquot;Wh^Gy, why^Em, why do we wa^Dste time on ^Cthese w^Ghite li^Emes?" All ^Dthese white ^Clie^Gs. ^{Em D}

I r^Demember the night, the hotel bed, You cried out loud. You were still in l^Emove w^Gith ^Cme. Through t^Dime and space, oh, everything, You've wasted all your precious dreams and f^Emaith, ^Git ^Cseems. Needless c^Drying...

And I said ^CWhy, wh^Gy, why,^Em is it hard to s^Dleep without you? Well ^CI don't ^Gmind^Em if you build your d^Dreams around it. ^CWe won't survive on ^Gthis borrowed time; ^EmI don't know why ^Dyou'd wanna try. I said, &^Cquot;Wh^Gy, why^Em, why do we wa^Dste time?"

And I said ^CWhy, wh^Gy, why,^Em is it hard to s^Dleep without you? Well ^CI don't ^Gmind^Em if you build your d^Dreams around it. ^CWe won't survive on ^Gthis borrowed time; ^EmI don't know why ^Dyou'd wanna try. I said, &^Cquot;Wh^Gy, why^Em, why do we wa^Dste time on ^Cthese w^Ghite li^Emes?&^Dquot; All these white ^Clies^{G Em D C}