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Created on: July 13, 2010
Somedays we're happy and couldn't be any better
Only winning the lottery would make it more perfect
Then there are days I can't stand you
My cheeks get redder and redder
The smell of you can make me float on air
The sight of your smile can send chills down my back
Then I see the sink full of hair
And how it seems you just don't care
There are days I hate you
When my blood boils and I see red.
Then there are days I want you
I roll around in the thought of you in my head
It's on and off with you
And I wouldn't want it any other way
I just hope tomorrow is just like yesterday.
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