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Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys

Outside the cafe by the (1)______________ factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my (2)________________ got rude
As you (3)____________ and chewed
On the (4)________ of your pick and mix
So, you're mistaken if you're thinking
That I haven't been called (5)________ before
As you bit into (6)________ strawberry lace
And then offered me your attention
In the form of a gobstopper
It's all you had left and it was (7)__________ to waste

Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And (8)______________ and deranged
And I love that little game
You had called "Crying lightning"
And how you liked to aggravate
The ice-cream man on rainy afternoons

The next time that I caught my own reflection
It was on its way to meet you
Thinking of (9)______________ to postpone
You never (10)____________ (11)________ yourself
From the (12)________ but your profile
Could not hide the fact
You knew I was approaching your throne
With (13)____________ arms you occupied
The bench like a toothache
Stood and puffed your chest out
Like you'd never lost a war
Although I tried so not to suffer
The (14)__________________ of a reaction
There was no (15)____________ to grasp or gaps to claw
And (16)________ pastimes consisted of the strange
And (17)______________ and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had (18)____________ "Crying lightning"
And how you liked to aggravate
The icky man on (19)__________ afternoons

Uninviting
But not half as impossible
As everyone assumes you are
"Crying lightning"

Your pastimes (20)__________________ of the strange
Twisted and deranged
And I (21)________ (22)________ (23)____________ game you had called
Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning
Your pastimes, (24)__________________ of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had called "Crying"...

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