Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Matchbook Romance
Canonical path: /matchbook-romance/playing-for-keeps
Related lyric paths: 6
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Playing For Keeps
Read Playing For Keeps lyrics by Matchbook Romance on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Playing For Keeps
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It's so simple and complicated
The way you can crush me
No matter how much this hurts
This is through
I get as far as your door before I get caught
I make up excuses just to touch you
And I can't stop, I can't stop
So are we playing for keeps?
These days begin and they don't end for weeks
Leave me left out of anything to do with you
Excuse me while I fall apart
Don't flatter yourself, sweetheart
Let me take the wheel and I'll crash this car
Do you have to make this so hard?
You're so good (so good) at pretending everything is alright (alright)
You're as welcome as cancer, but my door is always unlocked
So are we playing for keeps?
These days begin and they don't end for weeks
Leave me left out of anything to do with you
Excuse me while I fall apart
Don't flatter yourself, sweetheart
Let me take the wheel and I'll crash this car
Do you have to make this so hard?
You're so good
You're so good
You're so good
You're so good
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Matchbook Romance performs "Playing For Keeps", and this lyric page sits inside the Matchbook Romance catalog on LyroVerse.
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