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Artist: McFly
Canonical path: /mcfly/down-by-the-lake
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Down By The Lake
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Down By The Lake
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Well you better get home 'cus your dad is awake
Said he saw you last night making out by the lake
With a boy that he hates
He doesn't look at me the same way that you do
Said I look pretty cute but I don't got the grades
Seen the star on my foot and the way I behave
And we're better off when daddy's outta town
Oh baby you, got nothing to prove
(Oh, baby, you've got nothing to prove, he's crazy, you owe him nothing)
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
(If we decide we wanna go, that doesn't mean that he's gotta know)
Oh baby you, got nothing to lose
(Oh, baby, you've got nothing to lose, he's crazy, you owe him nothing)
And we're better off when daddys not around
Doesn't give his consent
So that we can't afford
The perfect wedding you want gotta do it abroad
In a place you adore so
i got us on a plane to Hawaii
Where the weather is nice
And where we are alone
None of daddy's advice
Followed us here from home
It'll be chilled out when daddy's not around
Oh baby you, got nothing to prove
(Oh, baby, you've got nothing to prove, he's crazy, you owe him nothing)
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
(If we decide we wanna go, that doesn't mean that he's gotta know)
Oh baby you, got nothing to lose
(Oh, baby, you've got nothing to lose, he's crazy, you owe him nothing)
And we're better off when daddys not around
I can't be around him and I've tried
I told him once I liked him but I lied
Find some way to make him change his mind
What can I do to be with you?
Oh baby you, got nothing to prove
(Oh, baby, you've got nothing to prove, he's crazy, you owe him nothing)
But if we decide to go doesn't mean he's gotta know
(If we decide we wanna go, that doesn't mean that he's gotta know)
Oh baby you, got nothing to lose
(Oh, baby, you've got nothing to lose, he's crazy, you owe him nothing)
And we're better off when daddys not around
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