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You're Like A Permanent Flu

[Verse 1]
Can't stand lookin' at you,
'cause ya robbed me blind.
You infect my thoughts,
And eat at my mind.

[Verse 2]
Can't get far enough away,
While you fester inside me.
You're another man's trinket,
While ya rust my heart's key.

[Chorus]
Can't seem to shake you,
You're like a permanent flu.
Been searchin' for a cure,
Don't know what to do.

Can't seem to shake you,
You're like a permanent flu.
Been lookin' for a cure,
Don't know what to do.

[Verse 3]
I'm yours, my honey,
Heard too many times.
Can't help but retch now,
From your siren-call eyes.

[Verse 4]
The way ya strut around,
Like something desirous,
Should have a warning label,
Danger, femme fatale virus.

[Chorus]
Can't seem to shake you,
You're like a permanent flu.
Been searchin' for a cure,
Don't know what to do.

Can't seem to shake you,
You're like a permanent flu.
Been lookin' for a cure,
Don't know what to do.

[Bridge]
Hacking cough, wet snot sneeze. Throbbing migraine, burning yellow pee. Bloodshot eyes, mucus thick. 
Someone says your name, I'm gonna be sick!

[Verse 5]
I called the doctor,
But he was unsure,
Said 'til you're dead and buried,
It's what I gotta endure.

[Verse 6]
I called my mother,
Said I already know.
A backbone and a pair,
Is what I need to grow.

​[Chorus]
​Can't seem to shake you,
You're like a permanent flu.
Been searchin' for a cure,
Don't know what to do.

Can't seem to shake you,
You're like a permanent flu.
Been lookin' for a cure,
Don't know what to do.

​[Chorus]
​Can't seem to shake you,
You're like a permanent flu.
Been beggin' for a cure,
Don't know what to do.

Can't seem to shake you,
You're a fatal disease.
I need a vaccination,
While ya do what ya please.

Things I’d rather get than be with you another second of my life. Ebola, Dengue fever, Lassa, rabies, small pox, influenza, Marburg, Swine flu, H1N1, Corona, botulism, leprosy, a needle in my eye, kick to the crotch, an IRS audit... Goddamn right!



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