Paratrooper With Amnesia

from Lonely People of the World, Unite! by Devin Davis

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Lately I've been gettin' this funny feelin'
There's something wrong and I don't know what to do
You see my legs look like two lampposts in an earthquake
whenever I get within a few feet from you

Then I'm like a paratrooper with amnesia
falling like an anchor through the sky
I feel like I should be gettin' prepared for somethin'
but I could not tell you right now exactly why

It began as a flash in the pan but I can't understand
honey, why you want to go movin' away so soon
when my head feels like a compass at the north pole
and my ribs are wrapped around a big balloon

Oh, it's so hard to get my hands around the ripcord
with all this thin air pumpin' into my heart
Pumpin' up into my heart
Pumpin' up into my heart
Pumpin' up into my heart
Pumpin' up into my

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from Lonely People of the World, Unite!, released March 15, 2005

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Devin Davis is a songwriter, musician, composer, and sound designer currently living in Chicago, IL.

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