Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Machine Translations
Canonical path: /machine-translations/the-real-you
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Real You
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Real You
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all the phones in the street were ringing
when i met the real you
i had to look closely
the way the satellites do
i shouldn't love you but i do
you left such a simple clue
a long time ago
i had a little place on earth
down by the riverside
though things have changed inside
i think of it sometimes
i shouldn't know you but i do
i was searching for the light
in a long darkened room
a chalk bird in a honey sky
when i met the real you
there is no place i can hide
now i know the reason why
i shouldn't love you but i do
you left such a simple clue
a long time ago
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