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Artist: The Starting Line
Canonical path: /the-starting-line/what-you-want
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What You Want
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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What You Want
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I want something more than all my possessions,
Something I wanna share with everybody else.
It will be brilliant both to elderly and children,
And be different in a way that can be embraced.
If this is what you want,
Then I'm gonna get it to you.
Cause I wanna show you things,
That you never knew, (That you never knew)
If this is what you want,
I'll get closer to you.
And then I'll make you sing,
Cause that's what you do, oh.
So was it worth it, the way I had every word?
It seems like I bit off a little more than I could chew
I've got a big mouth, yeah but maybe that's true,
I could never know for sure until it gets to you.
If this is what you want,
Then I'm gonna get it to you.
Cause I wanna show you things,
That you never knew, (That you never knew)
If this is what you want,
I'll get closer to you.
And then I'll make you sing,
Cause that's what you do, oh.
I wanna make it feel better,
About the fact that you've made,
The bet you've placed on the lonely boys from the Keystone state.
Was it worth it?
It's only gonna get better.
I think we're gonna be safe,
If we can keep holding on and on to hope for this long.
If this is what you want,
It's what I'm gonna get to you.
Cause I wanna show you things,
That you never knew, (That you never knew)
If this is what you want,
I'll get closer to you.
And then I'll make you sing,
Cause that's what you do, oh.
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