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Giving Up As I Ought Lyrics by Ernie Botts + the Miseries

Unresolved History

2010

[Verse]
Sitting all by myself is what I like to do
When I find myself left alone
I like to think about the people I'm not with
And wonder why I don't try to get up
[Chorus]
And then I roll over and fall back to sleep
Then I dream about how I'd like to be
A girl I love living next door to me
And friends with nothing to do but stare at me
A girl who ties me down at night and makes me scream
Then tucks me in to make sure that I have sweet dreams
[Verse]
I like to walk around when I have someplace to go
Never want to arrive so I make sure I walk slow
I trip up the pavement and it falls on me
Before I hit the ground I say the ground hit me, and I pass out
[Chorus]
And then I roll over and fall back to sleep
Then I dream about how I'd like to be
Next door to me
Friends with nothing to do but stare at me
Who ties me down at night and makes me scream
Then tucks me in to make sure that I have sweet dreams
[Verse]
I like to lie awake at night when I can't sleep
Counting all the stars winking back at me
I hear the phone ringing, it says that it is not
I pick it up again and give it one last shot
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Ernie Botts + the Miseries

Ernie Botts + the Miseries

About “Giving Up As I Ought” by Ernie Botts + the Miseries

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"Giving Up As I Ought" appears on "Unresolved History" in 2010.

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