Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Real Estate
Canonical path: /real-estate/had-to-hear
Related lyric paths: 6
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Had To Hear
Read Had To Hear lyrics by Real Estate on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Had To Hear
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I'm out again on my own
A reflection in the chrome
Of an adding machine
It's been so long
My mind is drawing a blank
Don't know if I can go back
But to live out this dream
It's just my luck
I call you up
I had to hear you just to feel near you
I know it's not true
But it's been so long
I know it's wrong
I know
I don't need the horizon to tell me where the sky ends
Its a subtle landscape where I come from
I'm out again on my own
A reflection in the chrome
Of an adding machine
It's been so long
I call you up
I had to hear you just to feel near you
I know it's not true
But it's been so long
I know it's wrong
I know
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Real Estate performs "Had To Hear", and this lyric page sits inside the Real Estate catalog on LyroVerse.
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