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Artist: Alan Parsons
Canonical path: /parsons-alan/when
Related lyric paths: 6
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When
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When
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Standing around for an hour in the rain
The porcelin promise is breaking once again
Fill me with everything i want to hear
These are the same lines that i heard last year
And you always seem to talk and walk away
Saying things will start to happen anyday
And i say when
So tell me when
And i say when
So tell me when
I've heard so much about boats coming in
Well i've seen no ships so i guess i should swim
How did i come to get caught in your wake
The more that i give you the more you still take
And you always seem to talk and walk away
Saying things will start to happen any day
And i say when
So tell me when
And i say when
So tell me when
Monday is tuesday then march becomes may
The days of my life are just ticking away
So i say when
So tell me when
I say when
So tell me when
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Alan Parsons performs "When", and this lyric page sits inside the Alan Parsons catalog on LyroVerse.
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