RIVER FT. ED SHEERAN

◆I've been a liar, been a thief Been a lover, been a cheat ◆All my sins need holy water Feel it washin' over me A little one ◆I don't want to admit to something If all it's gonna cause is pain ◆Truth in my lies right now are falling like the rain So let the river run ◇He's coming home with his neck scratched to catch flack ◇Sweat jackets and dress slacks, mismatch On his breath's Jack, ◇he's a sex addict And she just wants to exact revenge and get back ◇It's a chess match, she's on his back like a jetpack She's kept track of ◇all his internet chats And guess who just so happens to be moving on to the next ◇Actually, just shit on my last chick And she has what my ex lacks ◇'Cause she loves danger, psychopath And you don't fuck with no man's girl, ◇even I know that But she's devised some plan to stab him in the back ◇Knife in hand, says the relationship's hanging by a strand So she's been ◇on the web lately Says maybe she'll be my Gwen Stacy, to spite her man ◇And I know she's using me to try to play him I don't care “Hi Suzanne” ◇But I shoulda' said “Bye Suzanne” After the first night But tonight I am (◆I've been a liar, been a thief) ◆Been a lover, been a cheat ◆All my sins need holy water Feel it washin' over me A little one ◆I don't want to admit to something If all it's gonna cause is pain ◆Truth in my lies right now are falling like the rain So let the river run ◇One night stand turned into night stayin' ◇He was calling so might scram Now we hug tight and ◇He found out Now she feels deserted and used 'Cause he left ◇So what? He did it first to her too Now how am I supposed ◇to tell this girl that we're through? It's hard to find the words, I'm aloof, ◇nervous and ensued When it's too hurtful but what you deserve is the truth ◇Don't take it personal I just can't say this in person to you ◇So I revert to the studio like hole in the wall diners ◇Don't have to be reserved in a booth I just feel like the person ◇who I'm turnin' into's Irreversible I preyed on you like it's church ◇at the pew And now that I got you I don't want you ◇Took advantage of my thirst to pursue Why do I do this dirt that I do? ◇Get on my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech ◇Detergent and bleach is burning the wound ◇'Cause now with her in the womb We can't bring her in this world ◇I shoulda knew to use protection 'fore I bit into your forbidden fruit Fuck! (◆I've been a liar, been a thief) ◆Been a lover, been a cheat ◆All my sins need holy water Feel it washin' over me A little one ◆I don't want to admit to something If all it's gonna cause is pain ◆Truth in my lies right now are falling like the rain So let the river run ◇Runnin' (◆ooh) ◇My name's (◆ooh) ◇Never (◆ooh) ◇Watch the river run Call me (◆ooh,) ◇call me (◆ooh) ◇River (◆ooh) ◆We'll let the river run ◇Always the bride's maid, ◇never the bride, hey! Fuck can I say? If life was a highway ◇The sequels are non-clay But be swerving in five lanes ◇Speeds that are high rate Like I'm sliding on ice maybe ◇That's why I may have came at you sideways ◇I can't keep my lies straight What I made you terminate my baby ◇This love triangle left us in a wreck tangled ◇What else can I say? It was fun for a while ◇That I really woulda loved your smile Didn't really wanna abort ◇But fuck it What's one more lie to tell an unborn child? (◆I've been a liar, been a thief) ◆Been a lover, been a cheat ◆All my sins need holy water Feel it washin' over me ◆A little one (◇I'm sorry) ◆I don't want to admit to something (◇I fucked up) ◆If all it's gonna cause is pain Truth in my lies right ◆now are falling like the rain So let the river run