Take me out of the running
You know I've had my fun
You're the only work that I've left to do
It's a level-headed game
But the time has got to change
I'm just k-k-kicking dirt to say it's true
Take me in
I've been barefoot and sore
Trying to start a war
Between the liars and the people who know
It's a chosen few
And one of 'em might be you
But there are so many places we've yet to go
Take me in
Come on, don't be a stranger
If there's love that you want, we can make it on the fly
We're just two rearrangers
I've got 8 lives, honey, I've been working on 9
And in the morning, you'll be the death of me
Out for glory, I wave my flag outside of your window
Where you have lately just been sleeping in
But the ice is getting thin, mama, ice is pretty thin
Why don't you take me in?
Take me in
Watch me leap down from the mile high ledge
New York to Cali, gonna wonder what it is
I know where to put this thing, I can put it back
Shove off for home and watch the window lights pass
I can put it back
It's a long drop down to the bottom of the earth
Where the seemingly proud figure what they're really worth
You wanna take some time? That's perfectly fine.
I'm the freest faller, I'm so perfectly timed
I can put it back
I'm flying past the high school gowns
The 21st's all spinning around
There are some people that I left behind
I ain't ever been the smoothest at having to say goodbye
I can put it back
I'm gonna build a mental time machine
The most impressive thing you've ever seen
What's it mean to you mama?
What's it mean to you mama?
It's just a smokescreen, mama.
Before the tail between my legs
Rethought it back to distant days
I put it down inside my heart, it never needed to be in yours
When every thought is just another set of swinging doors
I can put it back
Watch me leap down from the skyscrape ledge
Where each year's a floor, I'm rewriting full-fledge
Won't have to use my trusty feat of strength
No one expects me to sprout wings before the concrete
What's it mean to you mama?
What's it mean to you mama?
It's just a smokescreen, mama
I can put it back, but it's still there
Still there
Well, it's still there
Yeah, it's still there
Well, I can put it back, but it's still there
Still there
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