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Should've Known Better

Should've Known Better

The Beaches

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Rolled up, tangled like your bedsheets
See the sunlight burn your blue eyes
While you slip into my jeans
Big words, tears 'cause it hurts to leave me
And you said it like you meant it
Guess I'll never know what it means

You gave me promises, and I believed you

I was gonna love you, babe
But honey, I should've known better
Said you needed time and space
But I won't be around forever
Do what you want, do what you want
I can move on, I can move on
I was gonna love you, babe
But you're showing me I can do better

Four kids, a dog, and a Vegas wedding
It's a picture of a heaven that we'll never get to see (ah)
Won't stay, but you're too afraid to keep me (ah)
She's a textbook clear avoidant (ah) never knowin' what she needs

You gave me promises, and I believed you

I was gonna love you, babe
But honey, I should've known better
Said you needed time and space
But I won't be around forever
Do what you want, do what you want
I can move on, I can move on
I was gonna love you, babe
But you're showing me I can do better

Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na (but you're showing me I can do better)

A thousand doors that you won't walk through
Broke my heart for someone to talk to
Let me in to leave me here standing on the outside
A thousand girls for you to flip through
Fuck someone you won't commit to
Orange wine and wasted time when you coulda been the love of my life

I was gonna love you, babe
But honey, I should've known better
Said you needed time and space
But I won't be around forever
Do what you want, do what you want
I can move on, I can move on
I was gonna love you, babe
But you're showing me I can do better

Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na (but you're showing me I can do better)

Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
But you're showing me I can do better