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Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Canonical path: /cyndi-lauper/can-t-breathe
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Can't Breathe
Read Can't Breathe lyrics by Cyndi Lauper on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Can't Breathe
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Can't breathe, can't sleep
And words are too big for my head
Some words shouldn't even be said
His eyes his speech
Still rolling around in my bed
Like a ghost waking up from the dead
And it's hare to let go
And it's hard not to show
The fumbling beat of a heart
Repeating itself in the dark
Still laugh sill dream
And bursting apart at the seam
Of whatever i hoped it would be
Little bird on the wire
Little bird from the fire
I'm circling back where you are
Repeating no matter how far
Then time speaks
Through the shuffling feet
And the cold heat
And the soul
Can't breathe can't sleep
And words are too big for my head
Some words they should never be said
And it's hard to let go
And it's hard not to show
The fumbling beat of a heart
Repeating itself in the dark
Oo and heart is what you can't give
But you just did, don't you know...
Can't breathe can't sleep
And words are too big for my head
Some words they should never be said
And it's hard to let go....
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