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about 3 years ago
verse
Sweet life livin′
Pools and swimming
Drinks in bars and
Boys in cars and
Rooftop sitting
Skinny-dipping
Shooting stars with you
Fat cigars and
pre-chorus
That weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silence
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
'Cause I saw you there
Lost and tryin′ to be
chorus
I was just tryin' to be cool
I was just tryin' to be like you
I′m a spark and you′re a boom
What am I supposed to do?
verse
Mansion début
Love it, do you?
Absent father
Pays his daughter
And her mama withdrew
From the life they once knew
She had a heart, but
She sold it off for
pre-chorus
That weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silence
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
'Cause I saw you there
Lost and tryin′ to be
chorus
I was just tryin' to be cool
I was just tryin′ to be like you
I'm a spark and you′re a boom
What am I supposed to do?
hook
Well, I've got that cigarette smoke
And Saint Laurent coat
But nothing is feeling right
I drink, but I choke
I love but I don't, yeah
I was just tryin′ to be cool
I was just tryin′ to be like you
chorus
I was just tryin' to be cool
I was just tryin′ to be like you
I'm a spark and you′re a boom
What am I supposed to do?
hook
Well, I've got that cigarette smoke
And Saint Laurent coat
But nothing is feeling right
I drink, but I choke
I love but I don′t, yeah
I was just tryin' to be cool
I was just tryin' to be like you
Writer(s): Alexandra Hope Robotham, Troye Sivan
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Blue Neighbourhood (Deluxe)
Album • 2015 • 16 tracks
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