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Artist: Matthew Sweet
Canonical path: /matthew-sweet/not-when-i-need-it
Related lyric paths: 6
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Not When I Need It
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Not When I Need It
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Look at you you're just as blind
Trying to grab your little piece of mind
And you want to hold it near
But you know you can't keep it
Say a little should suffice
But more than a little of you is so nice
And you give me what I want
Not when I need it (not when I need it)
Not when I need it (not when I need it)
Well I find it all the time
But Not when I need it
No two days are quite the same
I look at me life I really can't complain
And you come so easily
Not when I need it (not when I need it)
Not when I need it (not when I need it)
Well I find it all the time
Not when I need it
The feeling's getting out of hand
But I can't have you on demand
I can hang onto a dream
But I can't hold it
Late at night I'm filled with fear
That I can't take for granted that you'll
Always be near
And it makes me hate myself
To think I can't see it (not when I need it)
Not when I need it (not when I need it)
Well I find it all the time
Not when I need it (not when I need it)
Well I find it all the time
Not when I need it
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