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Artist: The Strokes
Canonical path: /the-strokes/i-can-t-win
Related lyric paths: 6
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I Can't Win
Read I Can't Win lyrics by The Strokes on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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I Can't Win
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That was you up on the montain
All alone and all surrounded
Walking on the ground you're breaking
Laughing at the life you've wasted
1 - 2 tries won't do it
You do it all your life and you never get through it
Everything they had to say
Had been erased in just one day
Good try
We don't like it
Good try
We won't take that shit
I can't win
Things in bars that people do
When no one wants to talk to you
Failing can be quite a breeze, he
Told me that these girls were easy
Happy that you said you'd mount me
Felt unluck when you found me
Some nights come up empty handed
Yes, I'll take it
Wait now
By the sidewalk
Hold on
Yes, I'll be right back
I can't win
Yeah, I
Wait for something
Cool it
We won't take that shit
Good try
We don't like it
-Hold on
Yes, I'll be right back
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