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Artist: Semisonic
Canonical path: /semisonic/lightning
Related lyric paths: 6
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Lightning
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Lightning
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I was down in the dark
With my friends on the sidelines
Watchin' you radiate
I could hardly believe
When you came down to find me
That's when everything changed
But those moments don't last
The brightest come and go in a flash
Am I askin' for too much
For lightning to strike me
Strike me a second time?
Am I pushin' my good luck
To wish that you'd call me
Call me a second time?
You've got glitter and grace
Everything that I don't have
I wish I was like you
Even when you're away
There's no one else on my radar
You're all I want to do
It was magical then
So why can't we have magic again?
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Am I askin' for too much
For lightning to strike me
Strike me a second time?
Am I pushin' my good luck
To wish that you'd call me
Call me a second time?
(Strike me a second time)
(Call me a second time)
Am I askin' for too much
For lightning to strike me
Strike me a second time?
Am I pushin' my good luck
To wish that you'd call me
Call me a second time?
Lightning to strike me
Strike me a second time
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