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Artist: Peter Kingsbery
Canonical path: /peter-kingsbery/what-you-are
Related lyric paths: 6
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What You Are
Read What You Are lyrics by Peter Kingsbery on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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What You Are
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Like an x-rated movie
I never quite understood
An afternoon's pleasure
That really might do me good
A bad streak for days gone by
When youth was ours to waste
Love doesn't last
You can't trade one for another
Don't let it get past this time
Early in the morning the sweetness
Late one night the sublime
How can I take you there?
Make me an offer
And I'll never leave the nest
Such a fine looking mother
Hold me close to your breast
One man is not enough
When every day's the same
Cocked and pulled back
And ever so right on the trigger
With only one track in mind
Early in the morning the sweetness
Late one night the sublime
How can I take you there?
How can I take you, how can I break you
How can I make you cry?
I'll take you there, we'll walk on thin air
But can you teach me how to fly?
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Peter Kingsbery performs "What You Are", and this lyric page sits inside the Peter Kingsbery catalog on LyroVerse.
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