The Alibi

from Stories Of Iron and Pride by Carmen Costa

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lyrics

Wait for me, call the cars, grab the bags, get the guns
Yeah it’s only a matter of time, in a moment we will be fine
Make this left, make it quick quick c-come one he’s bleeding pretty bad
Yeah I’ll use my shirt to dress his wound I need an alibi they’ll be asking soon

I am gone, so so long
Tell my friends that they were wrong about me
Gone, so so long
tell my friends that they were wrong about me

And thank god, we wore gloves
and turned off the cameras
Little girl, please don’t cry
In a moment we will be fine
Hide it all, hide it fast
At this rate we will not last
One more day, till escape
I’ll see white beaches or pearly gates

I am gone, so so long
Tell my friends that they were wrong about me
Gone, so so long
tell my friends that they were wrong about me

See guys like me, we don’t last too long
It was all going right before it all went wrong
A push on a trigger to let loose a scare
and who would have thought that a hero’d be there
to spoil our plot to get rich real quick
I can’t believe he got the best of Nick
Now I’m out on the lamb and Im praying for grace
A plane ride to paradise to win this race

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from Stories Of Iron and Pride, track released March 1, 2010

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