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Artist: Jesse McCartney
Canonical path: /jesse-mccartney/license
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License
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License
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Got my hands up, I'm feeling right, out of sight, out of mind
No more we can say but rise (by her love up).
But she's close; I can feel those eyes, showin' up right on time,
She knows that I'm hypnotized (by her love up).
Here she comes and she knows what she's doing, what she's doing
She says 'hey', pulls me in, now I'm losing, yeah, I'm losing
And now she's reaching for the gun and loading up the bullets,
Got my heart in her sights and claims 'I'm shooting through it'.
Won't survive this time but I can't escape the thrill, the thrill
It's like I've given her the license, to kill, to kill.
It's like she just don't care at all, how to feel, how to feel.
And she knows that I can't turn it around,
She's takin' me down, taking me down,
Because I've given her the licence to kill.
She shoots, she scores, leaving me here all alone,
Wonder if she even knows (oo, how I love her).
She shoots, she scores, that girl performs,
I, I dive for more (oo, how I love her),
And she knows oh, what she's doing, what she's doing
She says hey, pulls me in, now I'm losin', and I'm losin'.
And now she's reaching for the gun and loading up the bullets,
Got my heart in her sights and 'I'm shooting through it'.
Won't survive this time but I can't escape the thrill, the thrill
It's like I've given her the license, to kill, to kill.
It's like she just don't care at all, how to feel, how to feel.
And she knows that I can't turn it around,
She's takin' me down, taking me down.
Because I've given her the licence to kill.
(Oh)
(Watch it, watch it. Watch it, watch it. Watch it, watch it.)
And now she's reaching for the gun and loading up the bullets,
Got my heart in her sights and claims I'm shooting through it.
Won't survive this time but I can't escape the thrill, the thrill.
It's like I've given her the license, to kill, to kill.
It's like she just don't care at all, how to feel, how to feel.
And she knows that I can't turn it around,
She's takin' me down, taking me down.
Because I've given her the licence to kill.
(Watch it, watch it. Watch it, watch it. Watch it, watch it.) (x2)
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Jesse McCartney performs "License", and this lyric page sits inside the Jesse McCartney catalog on LyroVerse.
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