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Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys

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

Your pastimes (5)__________________ of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I (6)________ (7)________ (8)____________ game
You had (9)____________ "Crying lightning"
And how you liked to aggravate
The ice-cream man on (10)__________ afternoons

The next (11)________ that I caught my own reflection
It was on its way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone
You never looked (12)________ yourself
From the side but your profile
Could not (13)________ the fact
You knew I was approaching your throne
With folded arms you occupied
The bench (14)________ a toothache
Stood and (15)____________ your chest out
Like you'd never lost a war
Although I (16)__________ so not to suffer
The (17)__________________ of a reaction
There was no (18)____________ to grasp or gaps to claw
And your (19)________________ consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had (20)____________ "Crying lightning"
And how you (21)__________ to aggravate
The icky man on (22)__________ afternoons

Uninviting
But not half as impossible
As (23)________________ assumes you are
"Crying lightning"

Your pastimes consisted of the strange
Twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning

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

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