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Artist: SZA
Canonical path: /sza/nightbird
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Nightbird
Read Nightbird lyrics by SZA on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Nightbird
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Stay the night
Even if it's not for real
Stay the night
Only got you for a short time
Going through a hard time
Hoping you could carry my demons part-time (my demons, oh)
Asking too much past the basics
Too much, just stay
Could it be we're just not right for each other?
You say: I bare the noose
We fuck her over, think of wondering to myself
How I ruin it this time? Why try?
But you know you're fucking with a diamond
Lost the shine, then do it justice, baby, ew
Heard you tryna build with a new bitch
Give a front, I don't need this now
I can't take no chances when you're manic
You gon' make me go and get my bros on you
Bows on you
Running across my mind it's kinetic
Connect to you, whеre it is
Ain't no fucking with my timing, yeah, yeah
Closеd on Sunday, gotta get that good God in
Sinning by Monday, you hit it from the side
I can't stand the way you treat me
Can't stand to watch you leave
Stay the night
Even if it's not for real
Stay the night
Only got you for a short time
Going through a hard time
Hoping you could carry my demons part-time
Asking too much past the basics
Too much, just stay
I miss you the most when my side do me dirty
I might be a hoe, but you match, so it's okay
I put you on hold, for the money, I can't play
You so touch and go, I can't tell if it's all fake
These bitches don't know you ain't shit, but I won't say
Secret safe with me, fuck in the back of the jeep
Fuck when you had no sheets
How you mad at me? I'm your battery
You should bow to me
Baby girl, you know what they say
You ain't getting used, then you're fucking useless
Must be a dummy by the way you do me
Coulda got some money, shoulda utilized me
But this too late, and I'm so straight
And them old ways, and we cold case
I tap into the mmm, weed, yeah
You talking all that shit but I ain't see no real
Yeah, is you calm?
Stay the night
Even if it's not for real
Stay the night
Only got you for a short time
Going through a hard time
Hoping you could carry my demons part-time
Asking too much past the basics
Too much, just stay
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