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Artist: The Smithereens
Canonical path: /the-smithereens/what-went-wrong
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What Went Wrong
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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What Went Wrong
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Someday
We will find a way to work things out
We will sit and laugh
At what we fought about
The things we did
And how we told those lies
How we wounded one other
And we punched each others’ eyes
And I’m wondering to myself just what went wrong
(What went wrong)
And I can’t remember nothing
What went wrong?
We’ll recall that you say you were sorry for the things you said to me
I was still so angry and I acted so insensitive with hostility
‘Cause I could not find the words
That would describe the love you took from me
And I’m wondering to myself just what went wrong
(What went wrong?)
And I cry myself to sleep
At what went wrong
Somebody’s looking for
The road to take them home
(Road to take them home)
Somebody ought to say
“Don’t fall of the mountain all alone”
And I’m wondering to myself just what went wrong
(What went wrong?)
And I can’t remember nothing
What went wrong
Somebody’s looking for
The road to take them home
(Road to take them home)
Somebody ought to say
“Don’t fall off the mountain all alone”
Someday
I will find the strength to pick the
This red telephone
I will call you there, let it ring
And never leave you hanging there
And sitting there all alone
‘Cause the world is such a lonely place
And we are on our own
And I’m wondering to myself just what went wrong
(What went wrong?)
And I can’t forgive myself for doing wrong
(Doing wrong)
And I wonder to myself just what went wrong
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