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Close to Home Lyrics by The Get Up Kids

Something To Write Home About (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

1999

[Verse 1]
Summer swallowed us whole
Waited for you to come 'round
Every word you wrote down
We read it over to know
Would they believe in us now?
[Refrain]
There's no shame like no sound from sources
Hits close to home
Everything that we've found says
"Make your own destiny"
[Pre-Chorus]
But you're unaware that you should be scared
Maybe you'll learn from mistakes that we make
[Chorus]
We're not waiting forever
We know you'll never be there
We're not waiting forever
If you get out, see you there
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Summer swallowed us whole
Waited for you to come 'round
[Refrain]
There's no shame like no sound from sources
Hits close to home
Everything that we've found says
"Make your own destiny"
[Pre-Chorus]
But you're unaware that you should be scared
Maybe you'll learn from mistakes that we make
[Chorus]
We're not waiting forever
We know you'll never be there
We're not waiting forever
If you get out, see you there
You're not awake, as I'm aware
[Outro]
Maybe we had all you figured absolutely wrong
There's been a misunderstanding we've had all along
Maybe we had all you figured absolutely wrong (Maybe we had all you figured absolutely wrong)
You can read about about it when we're gone (You can read about)
Credits
The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids

About “Close to Home” by The Get Up Kids

Read the complete lyrics to "Close to Home" by The Get Up Kids from the album "Something To Write Home About (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)" in 1999. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Pop-Punk, Rock, Emo.

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"Close to Home" appears on "Something To Write Home About (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)" in 1999.

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