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Artist: James Reyne
Canonical path: /james-reyne/not-waving-drowning
Related lyric paths: 6
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Not Waving Drowning
Read Not Waving Drowning lyrics by James Reyne on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Not Waving Drowning
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Everybody's on the street
Looking oh so good
There walkin' around thinking life is sweet
And it's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood
I just wanna tell everybody
That you were the one
What you thought were your glory days
Seem to have come undone
Chorus ~
Day after day I'm craving
The stuff that we were saving
You know now I'm not waving
I'm drowning
And every time I stop and wander
How I got a date with Botticell's niece
She's a`walkin' around
Saying look what I found
Now she's ripping up my masterpiece
You were gonna beg steal or borrow
Until you had enough
Just like there's no tomorrow
You keep a`laughing in the face of love
Chorus +
I'm drowning
Chorus +
I'm drowning
Chorus
I'm drowning ~ x 5
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