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Artist: Marshall Crenshaw
Canonical path: /marshall-crenshaw/you-should-ve-been-there
Related lyric paths: 6
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You Should've Been There
Read You Should've Been There lyrics by Marshall Crenshaw on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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You Should've Been There
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You should've been there as the sun went down
colors ran all across the ground
Then a thousand stars were spinning all around
Do you care...you should've been there
I saved you place right by my side
and waited there in the candlelight
But the only friend I had in sight was an empty chair
You should've been there
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Ran into some people we used to know
They were going somewhere I didn't want to go
So I kept on waiting for just a little bit more
not getting anywhere...you should've been there
Then I thought I saw you walking by into town
Into the crowd I went chasing you down
When I grabbed your arm...she spun around
a stranger glared...you should've been there
You should've been there
there's always so much to see in this old town
Don't you agree
But then again I never said I'd be anywhere
You should've been there
I saved you a place right by my side
and waited there in the candlelight
But the only friend I had in sight was an empty chair
You should've been there
chorus
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