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Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys

Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my (1)________________ got rude
As you talked and chewed
On the (2)________ of (3)________ pick and mix
So, you're (4)________________ if you're thinking
That I haven't been called cold before
As you bit into your (5)____________________ lace
And (6)________ offered me your attention
In the form of a gobstopper
It's all you had left and it was going to waste

Your (7)________________ consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that (8)____________ game
You had (9)____________ "Crying lightning"
And how you liked to aggravate
The ice-cream man on rainy afternoons

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

Uninviting
But not (22)________ as impossible
As everyone assumes you are
"Crying lightning"

Your pastimes consisted of the strange
Twisted and deranged
And I (23)________ that little game you had called
Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning
Your pastimes, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I (24)________ that little game
You had (25)____________ "Crying"...

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