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Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys

Outside the (1)________ by the cracker factory
You were (2)____________________ a magic trick
And my (3)________________ got rude
As you (4)____________ and chewed
On the (5)________ of your pick and mix
So, you're mistaken if you're thinking
That I haven't been called (6)________ before
As you bit into your (7)____________________ lace
And then offered me (8)________ attention
In the form of a gobstopper
It's all you had left and it was going to waste

Your (9)________________ consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game
You had called "Crying lightning"
And how you (10)__________ to aggravate
The ice-cream man on rainy 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 (13)________ but your profile
Could not hide the fact
You (14)________ I was (15)______________________ your throne
With folded arms you occupied
The bench (16)________ a toothache
Stood and (17)____________ your chest out
Like you'd (18)__________ (19)________ a war
Although I (20)__________ so not to suffer
The indignity of a reaction
There was no cracks to (21)__________ or gaps to claw
And your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had (22)____________ "Crying lightning"
And how you liked to aggravate
The (23)________ man on rainy afternoons

Uninviting
But not half as impossible
As everyone (24)______________ you are
"Crying lightning"

Your (25)________________ (26)__________________ of the strange
Twisted and deranged
And I hate that (27)____________ (28)________ you had called
Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning
Your pastimes, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had (29)____________ "Crying"...

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