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Sweet Revenge - Lyrics by Walkabouts


Lyrics
Fourteen and one half years
You know I was good fortune's slave
Fourteen and one half years
Road map on my face
You know I was good fortune's slave
Up to my neck in lucky breaks
Road map on my face
Up to my neck in lucky breaks
Cover your eyes
Don't look now
Cover your eyes
Don't look now
And durin' all that time
You know I wore this reckless coat
And durin' all that time
Filled up with matchstick men
You know I wore this reckless coat
And all the bibles that you wrote
Filled up with matchstick men
And all the bibles that you wrote
Cover your eyes, don't look now x2
Cover your eyes, don't look now x2
First I'll get even
And then I'll make you proud
First I'll get even
Revenge is sweeter
And then I'll make you proud
When you can laugh out loud
Revenge is sweeter
When you can laugh out loud
And from these bitterroots
You know I made a potent shine
And from these bitterroots
One-half kerosene
You know I made a potent shine
One-half justice all gone blind
One-half kerosene
One-half justice all gone blind
First I'll get even
And then I'll make you proud
First I'll get even
Revenge is sweeter
And then I'll make you proud
When you can laugh out loud
Revenge is sweeter
When you can laugh out loud
Swing it low, swing it low
Swing it: sweet revenge x2
Swing it low, swing it low
Swing it low
Swing it: sweet revenge x2
Sweet revenge
Swing it low
Sweet revenge
First I'll get even
And then I'll make you proud
First I'll get even
Revenge is sweeter
And then I'll make you proud
When you can laugh out loud
Revenge is sweeter
When you can laugh out loud
Swing it low, swing it low
Swing it: sweet revenge x2
Swing it low, swing it low
Swing it low
Swing it: sweet revenge x2
Sweet revenge
Swing it low
Sweet revenge

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