Good love′s a prison, but it could never hold me

You break your own heart, my mother told me

And this was never the time for your gentleman call

Don't tell me that it′s your first time around

Nobody ever gets used to the sound

You know this city was built for the wrecking ball

I hope you know what you're doing

You don't know what you′re asking

I′ve got a romance with ruin, and we're only

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Baby, you know it′s no difference to me

You've been the same throughout history

It′s a different face, but it's always the same set of eyes

There′s time for everything runnin' its course

You know I've been a whore and a soldier of fortune

And no matter which way you play, it′s all secrets and lies

I hope you know what you′re doing

You don't know what you′re asking

I've got a romance with ruin, and we′re only

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Star-crossed and ridin' on Heaven′s horses

I've had enough of these cosmic divorces

You know in the end that we only end up on our own

Still I'm in love with what′s falling apart

And this just seems like another false start

And it′s not for lack of trying

It's just that I can′t seem to get it going

I hope you know what you're doing

You don′t know what you're asking

I′ve got a romance with ruin, and we're only

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