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Artist: The Veronicas
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Cruel
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Cruel
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Wish I could say you're not the one
My heart hangs on, you're having fun
We can't be lovers and we can't be friends
But I still want you and I can't pretend
It fucking kills me that we're done
A little twist of the knife yeah
A little salt in the cut yeah
A little thorn in the side
And it stings like hell
Feels so cruel
The way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you're looking like that oh, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you know me like that oh, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
I'm making out like I don't care
But in her sleep I'd cut her hair
We can't be lovers and we can't be friends
But I still want you and I can't pretend
The way it hurts it's just not fair
A little twist of the knife yeah
A little salt in the cut yeah
A little thorn in the side
And it stings like hell
Feels so cruel
The way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you're looking like that oh, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you know me like that oh, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
Once upon a time I thought that we were going strong
What we had would never move no it would never fall down
Never been so wrong
No I never been so wrong
Once upon a time I used to dream I'd be your wife
I could hear the bells were ringing, I was dressed in white
No, I've never been so wrong
No, I've never been so wrong
A little twist of the knife
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you're looking like that oh, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you know me like that oh, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
Cruel, the way you treat me like a stranger
Cruel, when you're looking like that oh, oh
Cruel, the way you touch her when you kiss her
Take my endless summer, turn it into winter
You're so cruel
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