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Artist: The Front Bottoms
Canonical path: /the-front-bottoms/joanie
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Joanie
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Joanie
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Swallow it down or spit it out
But either way, let's move along
I'm radioactive, I'm in pieces
But I am still feeling strong enough
To walk away from all of this
The car is crashed, I just don't care
My followers abandoned me
'Cause Papa Bear was unprepared
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
I know I'd be so brave right now
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
I know I'd be so brave right now
Maybe I'll get back to you
Maybe I haven't learned a thing
Maybe it's the last time for you
But it's not the last time for me
I love the things you have to pay for
That knock you down and make you dizzy
I got distracted along the way
Shaking hands and looking busy
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
I know I'd be so brave right now
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
I know I'd be so brave right now
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
Oh, my one and only
Do you ever think maybe
I could be one of those things
That you hate at first
But eventually learn to love
And then trust, and then touch, and then cut
Yeah, I bet you will
Yeah, I bet you will
I took a lot of day-trips, trying to get away-trips
Sorry, I have cold-lips, nothing left to say-lips
I'm calling double or nothing on everything I have
I finally am what I am, a fucking bag of bags
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
I know I'd be so brave right now
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
I know I'd be so brave right now
If only you could hold me
My sweet, sweet Joanie
Oh, my one and only
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