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Artist: Missy Higgins
Canonical path: /missy-higgins/was-there-anything-i-could-do
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Was There Anything I Could Do
Read Was There Anything I Could Do lyrics by Missy Higgins on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Was There Anything I Could Do
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She comes home and she's happy
She comes home and she's blue
She comes home and she tells him
Listen baby we're through
I don't know what happened next
All I know is she moved
Packed up her bags and her curtains
Left him in his room
Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?
She went out with her paint box
Paints the chapel blue
She went out with her matchsticks
Torched a car wash too
And I don't know where she's living
All I've got is a card
A picture of her at the pyramids
A knife held to her heart
Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?
She came down from the mountains
Said goodbye to her guru
And she went back to her room
Lost herself in voodoo
And I don't say that I blame her
People don't know what they want
If you spend your life looking behind you
You don't see what's in front
Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything
Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything
Was there anything I could do?
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
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