Left Field

from OPT OUT by The Skirts

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completely out of character
and, also, left field,
there must have been resistance
to the way it was revealed;
i never saw it coming,
you're always so even-keeled--
but now that i know,
my lips are sealed.

there are games that can't be won;
and there are things that i have done.
if you're not going on the run,
then what are you to anyone?

unlikely that you'll hear this one
or hear me again,
the only closure i may feel
could be through this pen;
and if you come to think about me
every now and then,
please don't dwell on what i'm not,
but what we could have been.

there are games that can't be won;
and there are things that i have done.
if you're not going on the run,
then what are you to anyone?

you had me going.
you had me.

there are games that can't be won;
and there are things that i have done.
if you're not going on the run,
then what are you to anyone?

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from OPT OUT, released October 16, 2019
vox/guitar/tambourine/lyrics/music - Susanna Smash

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