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Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Canonical path: /dwight-yoakam/the-curse
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The Curse
Read The Curse lyrics by Dwight Yoakam on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Curse
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Don't you sleep
Don't you have
a single moment's peace
Just walk through the darkness
With fears that are deep
And don't you even sleep
Don't you smile
Don't you have
happy thoughts for a while
'Til teardrops and sadness
Both go out of style
No, don't you even smile
Chorus:
These are the things
I wish for you
Deep in my heart
How I hope they come true
And then you'll know
When bad turns to worse
What it's like to live
under love's curse
Chorus
Don't you try
To have a single
Thought that goes by
Without being haunted
By memories like mine
No, don't you even try
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Dwight Yoakam performs "The Curse", and this lyric page sits inside the Dwight Yoakam catalog on LyroVerse.
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