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Track 11 · Three Imaginary Boys

It's Not You

The Cure · 1979

Written by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, Lol Tolhurst

2:38 Duration
176 Words

Lyrics

[Intro]

Ooh!

[Verse 1]

You wear your smile like it was going out of fashion

Dress to inflame but douse any ideas of passion

You carry your love in a trinket hanging 'round your throat

Always inviting, always exciting, but I must not take off my coat

[Chorus]

Well, I'm tired of hanging around

I want somebody new

I'm not sure who I've got in mind

But I know that it's not you

That it's not you

[Verse 2]

You ask me questions that I never wanted to hear

I am the only one just until you finish this year

I would murder you if I had the alibi here in my hand

But you just laugh 'cause you don't understand

[Chorus]

That I'm tired of hanging around

I want somebody new

I'm not sure who I've got in mind

But I know that it's not you

[Refrain]

That it's not you

That it's not you

That it's not you

That it's not you

[Outro]

That it's not you

No, it's not you

That it's not you

It's not you

It's not you

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