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Shoulda Been Me Lyrics by When Particles Collide

Pop! Pop! Bang! Bang!

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Wanna skip over, maybe skip back in time
Wanna fake greatness until I get mine
But I'm miles and miles from a list of who's who
And I can still feel the breaking heart of empty rooms

But I still believe
Shoulda been me, shoulda been me
Shoulda been me, shoulda been

Wanna try again, maybe fake ego like you
Strut and stroke my way into every room
But I just made dinner and I'm sitting by the fireplace
I got a mortgage in my name and these lines on my face

But I still believe
Shoulda been me, shoulda been me
Shoulda been me
Shoulda been me, yeah
Shoulda been me, oh yeah
Shoulda been me, yeah
Shoulda been me

Watching what I wanted just sit in the closet
A cardboard box of bent-up photographs
Flyers and posters boasting my name
Pretty plumage now molted, swept up, relocated to the
White collar warmth of suburban security
Which belies the outcome of true possibilities
So this prodigal daughter may have failed first attempts
But incensed and cocksure so much more than before

Oh, I still believe
Shoulda been me, shoulda been me
Shoulda been me
Shoulda been me, yeah
Shoulda been me, oh yeah
Shoulda been me, yeah
Shoulda been me

Oh, it shoulda been me
Oh, it shoulda been me
Oh yeah, yeah, it shoulda been me
Oh, it shoulda been

About “Shoulda Been Me” by When Particles Collide

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"Shoulda Been Me" appears on "Pop! Pop! Bang! Bang!".

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