The Format - For You Lyrics

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Princess cards she sends me, with her regards 
Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy 
To see her you gotta look hard 
Wounded deep in battle 
I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted 
To her cheshire smile I'll stand on file 
She's all I ever wanted 
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts 
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back 
You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks 
You're saying, "Here's your mirror and your ball and jack" 
But they're not what I came for 
And I'm sure you see that too 

I came for you, for you, I came for you 
But you did not need my urgency 
I came for you, for you, I came for you 
But your life was one long emergency 
And the cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free 

Climb into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak 
Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl 
While you've got the chance to speak 
'Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue 
With their oxygen masks 
I could give it all to you now if only you could ask 
But don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late 
It's not your lungs this time 
It's your heart that holds your fate 
Well don't give me money, honey, I don't want it back 
You and your pony face and your union jack 
Well take your local joker and teach him how to act 
'Cause I swore I was never that way even when I really cracked 
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive 
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? 
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive 
You could laugh and cry in a single sound, oh oh, oh oh 

And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds 
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god? 

You were not quite half too proud when I found you broken on the beach 
Oh, remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach? 
And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek 
Oh that ragged, jagged melody, she still clings to me like a leach 
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way 
Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way 
We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar 
Of some metal-tempered engine on that alien, distant shore 
And now you left to find a better reason than the one we were living for 
And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for 
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor 
'Cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors 
And who am I to tell you to lick my sore? 
And you should see that too 

I came for you, for you, I came for you 
But you did not need my urgency 
I came for you, for you, I came for you 
But your life was one long emergency 
And the cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free 

Send "For You" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by Bobbo on 05-06-2005
lyrics corrected by Amy on 04-08-2005