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lyrics

you alone make me dumb
a Bengal tiger got my tongue
a heavy weight lifted up
I can never have enough

you return me to the boy I used to be
wide awake for hours
armed with superpowers
you return me to the kid I was before
full of hope and joy
you make me the boy I used to be

fold me up in your purse
I can watch you while you work
let me soak up what I can
you may never come again

you return me to the boy I used to be
wide awake for hours
armed with superpowers
you return me to the kid I was before
full of hope and joy
you make me the boy I used to be

my living breathing time machine
you're a living breathing time machine
take me back
take me back
every time I close my eyes
return me to a former life

you return me to the boy I used to be
wide awake for hours
armed with superpowers
you return me to the kid I was before
full of hope and joy
you make me the boy I used to be

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from The Good Names Are Taken, released May 19, 2015

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Val Emmich Jersey City, New Jersey

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