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Artist: Alva Leigh
Canonical path: /alva-leigh/this-modern-history
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This Modern History
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This Modern History
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I don't know who I am when all I have to do is choose
What kind of place am I in when all I have to do is choose
You better turn me around, send me back to a different town
Because in this modern history, they've pushed it all into the middle
You better turn me around, send me back to a different town
Cause you can't change my history, and push it all into the middle
They suppose I didn't think I'd find something more here
They suppose I didn't think I was looking for something more here
But suppose I was
I don't know where I've been when all I have to do is choose
What kind of place am I in when all I have to do is choose
You better turn me around, send me back to a different town
Because in this modern history, they've pushed it all into the middle
You better turn me around, send me back to a different town
Cause you can't change my history, and push it all into the middle
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Alva Leigh performs "This Modern History", and this lyric page sits inside the Alva Leigh catalog on LyroVerse.
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