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Artist: The Wallflowers
Canonical path: /the-wallflowers/if-you-never-got-sick
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If You Never Got Sick
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If You Never Got Sick
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That ain't a parachute
That ain't a ripcord
That ain't a body of water we're headed for
There's so little time left
So much to be done
Even you are gonna need someone
That ain't a trick of light
Or the morning haze
Come on in from the lake
Get it into your eyes
This invisible breath of a storm on the rise
That I feel whenever you arrive
I may not be quick
I maybe never was
But tell me what the hell it is that you've become
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
This ain't a righteous love
Even a good one
These ain't the kinds of returns that I was thinking of
I'm unbearable now, you ain't seen nothin yet
You'll see me dead before you see me quit
That ain't a jug of wine that you been drinkin from
Now lay back, now baby and let your fever come
I'll bury you in just to dig you out
I haven't a use for being proud
And the deeper the slide
The higher the rise
Now don't be disappointed how I'm usin' mine
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
I think I made a mistake
I think I pushed when you said wait
But I never get to hold you
I followed you deep into a barren field
There was someone you were running from
When I needed to sleep that's when you disappeared
But I did get the impossible done
I always knew that there was God inside of you
I just never did learn which one
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I wouldn't get to hold you
Baby if you never got sick
I would never get to hold you
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