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Artist: The Bangles
Canonical path: /the-bangles/what-i-meant-to-say
Related lyric paths: 6
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What I meant to say
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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What I meant to say
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I pick the day, I pick the place
I pick the flowers for the table
Have the phrases memorized so carrefully
You walk in smilling and
Suddenly my mind's unable
To focus on these things so dear to me
What I meant to say is that I'm love
I never felt like this before
I could tell that you never had a clue
Searching for the things that I meant to say
There are many pleasent things
I can keep my mind distracted
We can laugh and talk till evening, hours away
Here it is on the tip of my tongue
I'm so hopelessly attracted
But if I try to tell you the words will stray
What I meant to say is that I'm love
I never felt like this before
I could tell that you never had a clue
Searching for the things that I meant to say
I found more love than I can tell you of
It's a simple honest thing
Just to close my eyes and tell you
There'll be one less person in your arms tonight
What I meant to say is that I'm love
I never felt like this before
He's so good to me and I know that we
Had to be together, my baby
What I meant to say is that I'm love
I never felt like this before
I could tell that you never had a clue
Searching for the things that I meant to say
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