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Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys

Outside the cafe by the (1)______________ factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my thoughts got rude
As you (2)____________ 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 into your strawberry lace
And then offered me (4)________ attention
In the form of a gobstopper
It's all you had left and it was going to waste

Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I (5)________ (6)________ (7)____________ game
You had (8)____________ "Crying lightning"
And how you (9)__________ to aggravate
The ice-cream man on rainy afternoons

The (10)________ (11)________ that I caught my own reflection
It was on its way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone
You (12)__________ looked like yourself
From the side but your profile
Could not hide the fact
You (13)________ I was approaching your throne
With folded arms you occupied
The bench (14)________ a toothache
Stood and (15)____________ your (16)__________ out
Like you'd never lost a war
Although I tried so not to suffer
The (17)__________________ of a reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
And your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I (18)________ that little game
You had (19)____________ "Crying lightning"
And how you (20)__________ to aggravate
The icky man on (21)__________ afternoons

Uninviting
But not half as impossible
As (22)________________ (23)______________ you are
"Crying lightning"

Your pastimes consisted of the strange
Twisted and deranged
And I (24)________ that little (25)________ you had called
Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning
Your pastimes, consisted of the strange
And (26)______________ and deranged
And I hate that little game
You had called "Crying"...

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