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Artist: Passenger
Canonical path: /passenger/birds-that-flew-and-ships-that-sailed
Related lyric paths: 6
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birds that flew and ships that sailed
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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birds that flew and ships that sailed
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I always want what I can't get
It's always close but not quite yet
For the most part I forget
What I wanted anyway
I always see the things I'm not
And look right past the things I've got
For the most part I forgot what I wanted anyway
I think of all the things I've done
What I do and what's to come
Of all the choices that I make
The chances that I didn't take
Of all the dreams that tried and failed
Birds that flew and ships that sailed
Of all the love that's lived and died
Makes me wonder why I
Always want what I can't get
It's always close but not quite yet
For the most part I forget
What I wanted anyway
I always see the things I'm not
And look right past the things I've got
For the most part I forgot what I wanted anyway
I think of all the folks I've known
How they've changed and how they've grown
Some are flying through the sky
Some are sinking like stones
Of all the memories I keep
Locked away and buried deep
Of all the times I've laughed and cried
Makes me wonder why I
Always want what I can't get
It's always close but not quite yet
For the most part I forget
What I wanted anyway
I always see the things I'm not
And look right past the things I've got
For the most part I forgot what I wanted anyway
What I wanted anyway
What I wanted anyway
What I wanted anyway
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