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Artist: Nathan Sykes
Canonical path: /nathan-sykes/taken
Related lyric paths: 6
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Taken
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Taken
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Look at everybody
Looking at you tonight
Doing anything they can do tonight
To talk to
Look at everybody
Making the moves on you
They're dying just watching you dance
Don't they know they got no chance
If somebody gets a little bit too close tonight (too close tonight)
If somebody looks a little too deep in your eyes
Tell 'em taken
Tell'em coming home with me
Tell'em staying
Oh-ohhh oh-ohh
Telling 'em making
Making-making plans-plans
For the rest of your night
For the rest of your life
Tell'em a little to late
Tell'em taken
Tell'em taken
Look at everybody (everybody)
Tryna get close to you (to you)
Yeah we know that they ain't gonna get very far
Cos they ain't anybody beginning with you or me
They're dying for your affection
Ain't gonna get no attention
If somebody makes a move
And take my place tonight
Then what you're gonna do is set them
Straight tonight
Telling 'em taken (taken taken)
Telling 'em coming home with me
Telling 'em staying (staying staying)
Oh-ohhh oh-ohh
Telling 'em making
Making-making plans-plans
For the rest of your night
For the rest of your life
Tell'em a little to late
Tell'em taken
Tell'em taken
You're going nowhere
With no one but (me tonight)
That's the way it's gonna (be tonight)
And Every night
Telling 'em taken (taken taken)
Telling 'em coming home with me
Telling 'em staying (staying staying)
Oh-ohhh oh-ohh
Telling 'em making
Making-making plans-plans
For the rest of your night
For the rest of your life
Tell'em a little to late
Tell'em taken
Tell'em taken
Telling 'em taken (taken taken)
Telling 'em coming home with me
Telling 'em staying (staying staying)
Oh-ohhh oh-ohh
Telling 'em making
Making-making plans-plans
For the rest of your night
For the rest of your life
Tell'em a little to late
Tell'em taken
Tell'em taken
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Nathan Sykes performs "Taken", and this lyric page sits inside the Nathan Sykes catalog on LyroVerse.
Are there related songs to explore after "Taken"?
Yes. The related section below points to Secret Love Song (feat. Little Mix) and Could It Be Magic with a short reason for opening each page next.
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