you and i and i
loss, strain and butterflies
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   You and I and I

Well, it’s for sure
Well, things came down hard
But you couldn’t wait here
Well all I ever think about is myself
Well anyone else
Well they get strung out
But I get high, high, high

(Chorus 1)
But it’s something you’d better get straight
I don’t got no room in my life
It’s up the anchor set it straight
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Stop, well I, I don’t want to thank you
Honey, I don’t think so
You’d better stop, well try,
And if there’s a distance here between us
It’s you and I and I

Yeah, well it’s a shame
You pander to me
Come on stroke on my ego
Well like it's worked before by anyone else
And what doesn’t kill you
It makes you linger
And it makes you wonder, yeah
For goodness sake have you ever been asleep
Thinking one thing, I’d be here
What doesn’t kill you, doesn’t stay

(Chorus 2)

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Loss, Strain, and Butterflies

He got bad, and she got mad, he lowered one more time
And she got even
No one heard a single word and as the clock ticked from next door
I could hear her breathing

And I said good morning Mrs. Sumner I would like you to meet my friend Mr. Jones
He has a house made out of butterflies
I can't sleep sometimes but I've been told
It's a lonely condition called growing old
Let me stumble sometimes

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I'm looking for a soul to cling to
Girl what you think about that
(chorus)
This time, well it all comes down
To loss and strain and butterflies
Then it comes right down to me

Hello have you been alright
Did you find a piece of something wrapped around the light side of your life
To make you feel better
Did you get out with your sanity
Did you save a little something for the people in need
And did you know with the rain in your pockets
You can change the weather

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Is it just the total for the wages of our sins
And have you made yourself a victim
In a game that you can't win
And our we caving in
And does it all depend on loss and strain and butterflies
And does it come right down to me anymore
This time
Does it all come down
To loss and strain and butterflies
Come on down to me
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   Heavy

It’s bad enough that we had to learn
The hard way about giving in
Man I thought that you were jokin’
But I’m broken

You’ve known for a little while
You pass it on and try something else
And hell, you know that you’re the one

oh,You turned on me
‘cause that’s the way you heard it was supposed to be

And right away you start thinkin’ about
The wrong things you start giving up
Well hell, you know that we’re all quitters
Big sitters

So, tell me ‘cause I don’t understand
Just how to be more to the right
You know, you know that means so much

You turned on me
Yeah ‘cause I’m so sick and thin
Do you remember where you were when things were heavy?
So go

You could sell me about anything
And I’ll buy because I like your face
And hell you know that I’m a sucker
A little fucker

But tell me it’s only me
And I’ll tell you it’s only you
‘cause only you can make me weep

You turned on me
Yeah, ‘cause I’m so sick and thin
Do you remember where you were when things were heavy?
When things were heavy

I'm so sick and thin
Thin thin thin

It’s bad enough that we had to learn
The hard way about giving in
Man I thought that you jokin’
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