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Artist: John Gorka
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What Was That
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What Was That
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Guess I'd better get back up
Get up off the ground again
Guess I'm really not so tough
Up is farther than it's ever been
It's not just that my pride's been hurt
Not just that my heart's been bruised
Fell down on my big ideas
It's gotten me a bit confused
Unless you are a true bad boy
Your conscience is a constant threat
Time for a new idea
One to discard regret
Prime time to forgive
Prime time to forget
What was that that I just said?
What was that that I just said?
What was that that I just said?
Oh, worry's such a waste of time
It's better not to second-guess
Maybe I should just pick a town
One where I never made a mess
Move along when the crowd is right
Stand alone when the crowd is wrong
I always had the lone wolf ways
Distilled the instinct to get to gone
Prime time to forgive
Prime time to forget
What was that that I just said?
What was that that I just said?
What was that that I just said?
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John Gorka performs "What Was That", and this lyric page sits inside the John Gorka catalog on LyroVerse.
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