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Artist: John Mayer
Canonical path: /john-mayer/shouldn-t-matter-but-it-does
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Shouldn't Matter But It Does
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Shouldn't Matter But It Does
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Shoulda been open
Shoulda done more
Shoulda learned a lesson from the year before
Shoulda been honest
Shoulda just cried
Shoulda told me there was nothing left inside
Now the road keeps rolling on forever
And the years keep pulling us apart
We lost something
I still wonder what it was
It shouldn’t matter
Shouldn’t matter, but it does
You shoulda just broken
You shoulda come clean
You shoulda been sad
Instead of being so fucking mean
It shouldn’t be easy
But it shouldn’t be hard
You shouldn’t be a stranger
In your own backyard
Now the road keeps rolling on forever
And the years keep pulling us apart
I know it’s over
I'm just saying this because
It shouldn’t matter
Shouldn’t matter, but it does
I shouldn’t be angry
I shouldn’t hold on
I shouldn’t leave messages
In every little song
It could have been always
It could have been me
We could have been busy
Naming baby number three
Now the road keeps rolling on forever
And the years keep pulling us apart
If it’s on someone
Then I blame the both of us
It shouldn’t matter
Shouldn’t matter, but it
Shouldn’t matter
Shouldn’t matter, but it
Shouldn’t matter
Shouldn’t matter, but it does
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