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I Told Myself

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I Told Myself

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Picked up on the wrong scent

Not gonna make a dent

How many times are you in my rhymes

Burn me once shame on thee

But burn me again shame on me

I'm chasing and facing the point misplacing

When I think of you my mind's racing

I'm spacing out when I get to the point of no return

I get burned, I told myself I'm through with you

The last thing that I'll ever do

Let down my guard shouldn't be too hard

I know it's over got to elevate, disregard

Chorus:

I can't believe I fell for it, but did it again

I told myself I'm gonna quit, but did it again

I can't believe I fell for it, but did it again

I told myself I'm gonna quit, but did it again

This was supposed to be the last time

I told myself, this wouldn't happen again

I told myself I wasn't ever going to call you

I told myself I wouldn't let you back in

But here I am dialing, trying

I told myself to get a hold of myself

I won't freak out, let you tweak out on ecstacy not next to me

Somethin tells me baby girl that you're testin me

I told myself to get ahold of myself and I'm tryin, I'm notlyin

Don't make me mad, you know I love you bad

I want to sniff the glue that holds me to you

I told myself to get a hold of myself

But don't rush me, can't you trust me

The sound I hear whenever you are near

I know it's never wrong and it's my favorite song

(Chorus)

And now it's all turned bad, turned bad, turned bad

Your ploy to make me jealous is obvious and sad

It has the opposite effect

Now you're left with what you had, you had

The rain comes down as love turns to dust

I was joking she took me serious

The rain comes down as love turns to dust

I was joking she took me serious, yes serious

This was the last time that I was ever going to call

I told myself, I wouldn't let you back in

But here I am dialing, tryin

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