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Petals Lyrics by The Roustabouts

Little Brother

2016

[Verse 1: Paul Haapaniemi]
Well the petals they dance
Like blinking red lights
So slow
That their wavelengths were blue
And I stayed up so late
Heard birds in the morning
And all I could think of was you
Cause I fall on these nights in the treetops
I fall when I think of the smell of your skin
And I hope where you are
Wherever you are
You're not waking up next to him
[Verse 2: Ally Cool]
Well the wind blew on strong
As I travelled along
To a warmer world in the west
Where a battered old star
Took my hand at the bar
And we fell into step with the rest
And I smiled on the floor as he twirled me
I smiled for the night
Even though I was blue
Cause even though it was him
With that cigarette grin
For one dance on the floor
He was you
[Verse 3: Paul Haapaniemi, Ally Cool, Both]
Do you remember shooting me looks?
We were laughing like crooks
All the way down the trails into town
Like the songs we would sing
Were all made up of string
What I'd give if you strung me around
But it's too late to hold all the pressure
It's too late to keep you from going away
Still the way that you wept
On the day that we left
It undoes
Still undoes me
Today
Still the way that you wept
On the day that we left
It undoes
Still undoes me
Today
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The Roustabouts

The Roustabouts

About “Petals” by The Roustabouts

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"Petals" appears on "Little Brother" in 2016.

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