Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were (1)____________________ a (2)__________ 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 (3)________ called cold before
As you bit (4)________ your strawberry lace
And then (5)______________ me your attention
In the form of a gobstopper
It's all you had (6)________ and it was going to waste
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And (7)______________ and deranged
And I love (8)________ 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 excuses to postpone
You (9)__________ looked like yourself
From the side but (10)________ profile
Could not hide the fact
You (11)________ I was (12)______________________ your throne
With folded arms you occupied
The bench like a toothache
Stood and puffed your chest out
Like you'd never (13)________ a war
Although I (14)__________ so not to suffer
The (15)__________________ of a reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
And your (16)________________ consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had called "Crying lightning"
And how you liked to aggravate
The icky man on (17)__________ afternoons
Uninviting
But not half as impossible
As (18)________________ assumes you are
"Crying lightning"
Your pastimes (19)__________________ 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, (20)__________________ of the strange
And (21)______________ and deranged
And I hate (22)________ (23)____________ game
You had called "Crying"...
You were (1)____________________ a (2)__________ 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 (3)________ called cold before
As you bit (4)________ your strawberry lace
And then (5)______________ me your attention
In the form of a gobstopper
It's all you had (6)________ and it was going to waste
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And (7)______________ and deranged
And I love (8)________ 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 excuses to postpone
You (9)__________ looked like yourself
From the side but (10)________ profile
Could not hide the fact
You (11)________ I was (12)______________________ your throne
With folded arms you occupied
The bench like a toothache
Stood and puffed your chest out
Like you'd never (13)________ a war
Although I (14)__________ so not to suffer
The (15)__________________ of a reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
And your (16)________________ consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had called "Crying lightning"
And how you liked to aggravate
The icky man on (17)__________ afternoons
Uninviting
But not half as impossible
As (18)________________ assumes you are
"Crying lightning"
Your pastimes (19)__________________ 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, (20)__________________ of the strange
And (21)______________ and deranged
And I hate (22)________ (23)____________ game
You had called "Crying"...
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