Misc Musicals – The Last Five Years - I Can Do Better Than That (Guitar)

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  My best friend had a little situation at the end of our senior year

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  And like a shot, she and Mitchell got married that summer

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 Carolann getting bigger every minute Thinking, "What am I doing here?"

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 While Mitchell's out every night being a heavy-metal drummer

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They got a little cute house on a little cute street With a crucifix on the door

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Mitchell got a job at the record store in the mall

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Just the typical facts of a typical life in a town on the Eastern Shore

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I thought about what I wanted It wasn't like that at all

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Made Carolann a cute baby sweater Thinking "I can do better than that"

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  In a year or so, I moved to the city Thinking "What have I got to lose?"

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 Got a room, got a cat, and got twenty pounds thinner

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  Met a guy in a class I was taking with some very well placed tattoos

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  He wouldn't leave me alone 'less I went with him to dinner

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And I guess he was cute And I guess he was sweet And I guess he was good in bed

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I gave up my life for a better part of a year

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And so I'm starting to think that this maybe might work And the second it entered my head

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He needed to take some time off Focus on his "career"

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He blew me off with a heartfelt letter I thought "I can do better than that"

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You don't have to get a haircut You don't have to change your shoes

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You don't have to like Duran Duran Just love me

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You don't have to put the seat down You don't have to watch the news

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You dont' have to learn to tango You don't have to eat prosciutto

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You don't have to change a thing Just stay with me

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I want you and you and nothing but you Miles and piles of you

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Finally I'll have something worthwhile To think about each morning

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You and you and nothing but you No substitution will do

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Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure Top of the line

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and totally mine!

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  I don't need any lifetime commitments I don't need to get hitched tonight

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  I don't want to throw up your walls and defenses

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  I don't mean to put on any pressure But I know what a thing is right

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 And I spend every day re-configuring my senses

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When we get to my house, take a look at that town Take a look at how far I've gone

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I will never go back never look back anymore

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And it feels like my life led right to your side And will keep me there from now on

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Think about what you wanted Think about what could be

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Think about how I love you Say you'll move in with me

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Think of what's great about me and you Think of the bullsh*t we've both been through

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Think of what's past because we can do better! We can do better!

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We can do better than that!

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We can do better than that!