Blues Traveler Pretty Angry (for J Sheehan) Lyrics

Pretty Angry (for J Sheehan) Lyrics

I wish I drank tequila

I wish I stayed up late

But lately when the sandman comes

You know I just can't wait

No lately I can't wait



And we packed up all your boxes

It's all been hauled away

I never stare at walls so bare

'Cause something always stays

Yeah something of you stays



And I wanna shout from my guitar

Come out come out wherever you are

The joke is over open up your eyes

A heart like yours it never dies

And I found your keys behind your chair

I still can see you sitting there

This isn't funny don't fool around

You let me go... you let me down



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And I guess I'm still pretty angry

And I don't want to be

I don't know which was the bigger waste of time

Missing you or wishing instead it was me



I wish I walked on water

Pulling rabbits from my sleeve

Guessing cards and saving everyone

I wish I still believed

Oh I wish that I believed



That I could also channel voices

That I've endured the burning blade

That I could make some of your choices

I wish I weren't afraid

Of those choices that you made



Like I could give you what you need

So ally ally oxen free

The game is up and I give in

So show yourself so that you can win

Come claim your prize and I don't care

I still can see you standing there

How you could leave, how you could lie

You cut me off in mid reply



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The will to win the urge to race

I still can see it on your face

Thought I'd keep up but only crashed

I wasn't built to move that fast

Thought I could match you stride for stride 

But I was on the other side

And holding on to the safety rail

With knuckles white complexion pale

A could of dust and you were gone

Thought I would catch you later on

I limped behind your race was won

But were you racing or on the run?

How you enjoyed, you loved to drive

And I'm destroyed... 'cause I'm alive

'Cause I'm alive



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