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Waited for an answer

 Cause I waited twenty-five years

They stopped my bleeding

 But could never stop all those tears

Waiting for the day when

 You came out from beneath all that weight

I've tried to lift it

But it seems I got there too late

 Just too late

 Just too late

 I'm allowed

Came to the party

But I got my own signals crossed

Thought I was welcome

But I felt like I should get lost

Know that I'm older

'Cause I feel that everywhere

I could talk to no one

'Cause I knew not one person there

No one's there

They just stared

'Cause they're allowed

As vivid as a car-wreck

Watch them dripping off highway ramps

She came to me smiling

With her heart underneath both her hands

She spoke of a French boy

At least two times through the night

It could have been the liquor

Or the music, but that is alright

That's alright

She's allowed

I'm allowed

I'm allowed

I'm allowed