Shake Me Up

do i make you nervous?

'cause you don't ever tell me how you feel

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but you wanna spend time, time, time, time, time

spinning my wheels

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you wanna stick around in the morning

talking all about the states we were born in

and i'm taking it as a warning

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i don't wanna fall in love

'cause when i think about myself

as just a lovesick woman

sitting on the shelf

i grow so damn disappointed in me

that i lessen my love for the sky and the trees

and my dearest friends

and the air i breathe

i don't wanna fall in love

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i could learn to love you

i think i know what i could do to get there

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but i don't think that i, i, i, i want to

'cause honey i've been there before

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and truthfully, i've got shit to do

i don't have much time to cater to you

and whenever i'm in love

that's all i wanna do

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i don't wanna fall in love

'cause when i think about myself

as just a lovesick woman

sitting on the shelf

i grow so damn disappointed in me

that i lessen my love for the sky and the trees

and my dearest friends

and the air i breathe

i don't wanna fall in love

you were older when i met you

from what i could gauge

and many moons have come and gone

but i'm still not that age

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blue and bright, my eyes were right

there for the taking

affixed on you, i knew

the mistakes we were making

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do you think about me?

i don't think you do

you don't think about me

like i think about you

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do you think about me?

i don't think you do

you don't think about me

like i think about you

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i dreamt of you last night

you were breathing my air

you couldn't keep your hands off me

it's like you were there

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your sandpaper chin

was turning mine red

but i can't remember how you touched me

or what you said

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do you think about me?

i don't think you do

you don't think about me

like i think about you

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do you think about me?

i don't think you do

you don't think about me

like i think about you

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entertain me, baby

tell me, boy

that you think about me sometimes

and it brings you joy

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don't you miss me?

or had i misread

the cadence of your sighs

as we lied in bed

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do you?

i don't think you do

you don't think about me

like i think about you

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do you think about me?

i don't think you do

you don't think about me

like i think about you

go, leave it alone

you don't want me anymore

the message received,

you don't have to say anything

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and it's a good thing that you don't

'cause i tried, and you won't

so i've made up your mind

for you

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am i taking it too

seriously?

am i making a fool

out of me?

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go, leave it alone

i know you think we're better on our own

although, i can't say we've tried

any other way

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and it's a good thing that we don't

we've got jobs and friends and homes

i got no sense to share my heart

with you

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am i taking it too

seriously?

am i making a fool

out of me?

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oh, the line,

the line

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we come up

every time

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toe to toe

i take one step closer

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that's when you take

one step behind

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oh, the line

the line

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we come up

every time

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toe to toe

i take one step closer

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that's when you take

one step behind

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and i'm the fool;

i'm the fool on the other side

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am i taking it too

seriously?

am i making a fool

out of me?

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am i taking it too

seriously?

am i making a fool

out of me?

sometimes i forget

because we've gone so far

our separate ways

in our separate lovers' cars

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y'all out west

and we farther east

i thought our contact had desisted

and ceased

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well, i'm coming home

for the holidays

to see my folks and my old friends

from my younger days

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it just occurred to me

maybe you are too

i kinda banked on never

seeing you

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out in the parking lot

i almost forgot

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you and i are from the same hometown

i don't wanna see you walking around

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will i see you at the grocery store?

the one between my house and yours

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but you know,

i would really like it

if i ran into your mother

i never meant to break up with her

or your sister or brother

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i wanna ask her

if she's doing alright

how's your father's health

and is he sleeping through the night?

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i know she'd be pleasant

and most cordial, i'm sure

but i wonder what she thinks of me

or if she's a bit unsure

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i hope she understands me

and what i have endured

but she's always in her family's corner

that's what i love about her

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out in the parking lot

i almost forgot

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you and i are from the same hometown

i don't wanna see you walking around

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will i see you at the grocery store?

the one between my house and yours

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well, i ain't got nothing, no no

i ain't got nothing, no no

i ain't got nothing to say to you

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you and i are from the same hometown

and i don't wanna see you walking around

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will i see you at the grocery store?

the one between my house and yours

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well, i ain't got nothing, no no

i ain't got nothing, no no

i ain't got nothing to say to you

to you

to you

when i get home

the first thing i'll do

stick my paws in the mailbox

looking for a letter from you

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i've been trying

not to count on it

but you told me that you'd write me

i can't help myself

baby i want it

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'cause one day in the summer you were holding me close

i never thought i'd wait hopelessly on the post

looking for a clue that i'm still on your mind

feeling like a lost love left behind

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you don't got

any nostalgia

for putting pen to paper

the old-fashioned things always failed ya

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meanwhile i'm

so sentimental

got me going through the notes you wrote me

wondering if your heart was a rental

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'cause i

hope

you're

not

lis-

ten-

ing

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one day in the summer you were holding me close

i never thought i'd wait hopelessly on the post

looking for a clue that i'm still on your mind

feeling like a lost love left behind

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this ain't the modern day

i'm feeling like it's 1968

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when you get home

the first thing you'll do

what the hell, i don't know

i don't even have a clue

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all i know

is it's been years now

but yesterday i dreamt that you still wanted me

i woke up in tears now

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'cause i

hope

you're

not

lis-

ten-

ing

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when i say that you

have

got

me

hang-

ing on

a string

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'cause one day in the summer you were holding me close

i never thought i'd wait hopelessly on the post

looking for a clue that i'm still on your mind

feeling like a lost love left behind

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one day in the summer you were holding me close

i never thought i'd wait hopelessly on the post

looking for a clue that i'm still on your mind

feeling like a lost love left behind

baby

you can be saccharine sweet

that's why i call you honey

i never loved so completely

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baby

there ain't nobody but you

you're in every single season

of my future

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what i need

from you

you got it baby

you do

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and honey

you want me as i am

and you can call me savory

because i give a damn

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honey

need you to balance me out

why don't you uncross my arms

unfurrow my brow

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and what i need

from you

you got it baby

you do

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only need you to love me honey

only need you to love me honey

only need you to love me honey

only need you to love me honey

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ninety-nine days in your embrace

how many thousands left to go?

there's no end to you anytime soon

yeah that's how i want it to go

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so when i push, baby

push, baby

i need you standing tall

i need you to love me

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love me, honey

the way you look at me

yes it's good, but is it good enough?

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your house right down the street

yes it's good, but is it good enough?

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the man you want to be

yes it's good, but is it good enough?

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'cause what good is good

unless it's good enough?

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am i

ever gonna be

satisfied?

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am i

ever gonna be

satisfied?

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the promises i keep

yes they're good, but are they good enough?

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the way i say i'm sorry

yes it's good, but is it good enough?

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oh, working at my dreams

yes it's good, but is it good enough?

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'cause what good is good

unless it's good enough?

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am i

ever gonna be

satisfied?

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am i

ever gonna be

satisfied?

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hey, hey

my whole life

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hey, hey

my whole life

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i'm always bundled up

but i can't get warm

i know all the words

but not the form

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i eat plenty

but i can't get full

my whole life

i'm insatiable

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hey, hey

my whole life

hey, hey

my whole life

i'm insatiable

my whole life

i'm insatiable

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my whole life

do you feel like something's missing?

you wanna fix it but you don't know how

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you don't feel a thing from kissing

you're wondering what the fuss is all about

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and the whole wide world

wants to see you like the sun

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you shine

when you

come out

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you've heard of satisfaction

but it's an idea that never came to life

and you never got the traction

of being more than a twinkle in a man's eye

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and the whole wide world

wants to see you like the sun

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you shine

when you

come out

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the whole world's having a party

and you never felt invited

they're all so loud and splashing around

so you can't help feeling slighted

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but come out, come out

the whole world wants to see you

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come out, come out

the whole world wants to know you

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come out, come out

the whole world's gonna love you

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the whole world's gonna love you

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anything you got in, let it out

anything you got in, let it out

don't you waste time being untrue

to you

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anything you got in, let it out

anything you got in, let it out

don't you waste time being untrue

to you

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anything you got in, let it out

anything you got in, let--

being untrue

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'cause you shine

when you

come out

please

be gentle with your touch

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i've got a delicate heart

it feels everything twice as much

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now i've tried every little trick in the book

just to keep from getting shook

please don't

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shake me up

yeah, don't

shake me up

ooh ooh ooh

shake me up

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i'm trying

lord, i'm trying

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i'm all lookin' out my third eye

i've got all my shit all aligned

i'm taking time every day

to go outside

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now i've tried every little trick in the book

just to keep from getting shook

oh, please don't

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shake me up

yeah, don't

shake me up

ooh ooh ooh

don't shake me up

yeah

shake me up

ooh ooh ooh

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if you can't find your peace of mind,

i'm sorry,

but don't step on mine

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if you can't find your peace of mind,

i'm sorry,

but don't step on mine

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if you can't find your peace of mind,

i'm sorry,

but don't step on mine

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if you can't find your peace of mind

i'm sorry

but please don't shake me up

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shake me up

yeah, don't

shake me up

ooh ooh ooh

don't shake me up

yeah, don't

shake me up

ooh ooh ooh

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shake me up

yeah, don't

shake me up

ooh ooh ooh

don't shake me up

yeah

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i'm trying

a taste of sweetness

let me get one more

a taste of sweetness

when my heart is sore

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a taste of sweetness

and i know it ain't right

'cause a taste of sweetness

keeps me up at night

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my eyes get greener

as i grow older

they used to be more blue

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and i feel more alone

the more time i

more time i spend with you

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a taste of sweetness

from somebody new

a taste of sweetness

well it's got me all confused

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i need someone to say

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why do you do that?

what you always do

what's the matter with you?

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why do you make your

-self a fool?

oh, you're making a fool of others too

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ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, because

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tastes of sweetness

are so few and far between

that a taste of sweetness

got me chasing that dream

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ooh ooh ooh, one more time

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a taste of sweetness

let me get one more

'cause a taste of sweetness

is an open door

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