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Artist: Madeleine Peyroux
Canonical path: /madeleine-peyroux/down-on-me
Related lyric paths: 6
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Down On Me
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Down On Me
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My job's gone missing
Insurance is a fail
Credit cards stopped coming
My attorney's in jail
Just broke a law
I never heard of before
Landlord thinks I'm made
So he bust down my door
Used to think
I was pretty damn smart
Smart enough to see
I'm falling apart
I keep going down, down, down
It's all coming down on me
My little bit of self esteem
Has gone up in flames
Teenagers getting wealthy
Playing video games
The local beat cop
Keeps giving me that look
Don't even know
What drugs I just took
The more I run
The more I end up where I start
Stuck in the same place
Tearing myself apart
I keep going down, down, down
It's all coming down on me
I remember back in Waikiki
Doing the Limbo by the sea
How low can you go?
The cabana boys teased
Now I'm down on my knees
Can't keep this up
But I hear it's worse to stop
If I dry out lay me to rest
At the corner coffeeshop
I don't feel brave
And I don't feel free
My only chance at winning
Is in the lottery
Used to see myself above it
Set myself apart
Now I'm stealing mini-vodkas
Rom the Mighty Mart
I keep going down, down
It's all coming down on me
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