Justified (Out Like Dat)

(from upcoming Rock&B album, "The Crush")

verse 1:
All the time we set our fires lying in our bed of roses
You didn't have the nerve to tell me
You'd be out like dat
In the morning

And all the times I made you cry the same as I
I guess you were justified, darling
Still -- your phone calls stain my memory
'Cuz you broke our pact without warning

You couldn't open your mouth to speak
While I'd been telling you all damn week
How I want you to be my wife
Treat you like a queen for all your life

Oooh, it's a quiet storm
That's how I feel inside
Now I have wounds
That bleed in me
Waaaaay beyond my pride ...

chorus: Now it's
Justified ... I guess you were
Justified ... but it's just devastating me,
That's all

Justified ... I guess you were
Justified ... but it's just devastating me,
That's all

verse 2:
Thinking back on the things we did
We sought and hid
Shoot, we were only kids
I'm gonna have to beg your pardon
But you planted seeds in my garden

We'd been shored up in denial since
Now we're holed up in silence
Why'd you have to go?
Could you just not take this no mo' (no mo')? ...

It hurts to breathe, but I don't care
There's vapours of you everywhere
Save my life
Don't crumble my poor heart twice

Flames are getting higher
Any more, we might explode
Can we be what we used to be?
Or is it too soon to know? --- hey! ...

chorus:
Justified ... I guess you were
Justified ... but it's just devastating me,
That's all

Justified ... I guess you were
Justified ... but it's just devastating me,
That's all

[horn solo]

Somewhere 'neath the soot and dust
A palace stands for both of us
Where our trust was based
Somewhere that we've misplaced

Flames are gettin' higher
And we both draw near
I see you on the horizon
Where do we go from here? (yeah! ...)

chorus:
Justified ... I guess you were
Justified ... but it's just devastating me,
That's all

Justified ... I guess you were
Justified ... but it's just devastating me,
That's all

You were my life, my sweatheart, girl
My air, my sun, my golden pearl
What good is wasting time we borrowed
And risk losing the entire world?
Maybe one day we'll see the light above
We'll argue, talk, smile, then make love
We'll see from our souls, there's no place to hide
And we'll see that our passion is justified
Justified ....

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