Verse 1D
There's a naked light bulb hangin' ove my head.
Nothin' but a shadow on your side of the bed.
GD
I been talkin' to the walls but we're running out of things to say.
Verse 2D
I don't wanna toss and turn another night.
I need a crowd of people, some neon light.
GD
Smoke so thick you choke, jokes but there hard to take.
Pre-ChorusA
It ain't no laughin' matter,
GD
I'll do anything to shake the ache.
ChorusGD
When I said goodbye to you,
GA
I broke my own heart in two.
Verse 3D
All I really need to start a new romance,
is tequila and a pretty girl that likes to dance.
GD
And let the good times roll, but I know I'd hit the brake.
Pre-Chorus 2A
Just as soon as we get rollin'
GD
Cause I just can't shake the ache.
[Solo]
DDGDGAVerse 4D
I opened up the wound and I threw on the salt.
Tried to make you think it was all your fault.
GD
Sorry that I hurt you, the pain is more than I can take.
Verse 5]
D
Now the clock is tickin' to loud, the foset drips.
On this love foresaken shell of a sinkin' ship.
GD
It's going down in the middle of a big mistake.
Pre-Chorus 3A
I been swimmin' round in circles
GD
and I just can't shake the ache.
Chorus 2GD
When I said goodbye to you,
GA
I broke my own heart in two.
OutroGD
Now there's nothing I can do.
A
I love ya and I need ya
G
and I just can't shake,
A
Life's no good without ya girl
G
I just can't make it.
A
Sorry that I hurt you
GD
And I just can't shake the ache.
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