Talk It Up

Smokey walls, dusty halls
 No one calls
 And all the window plants are dying (la-la, la-la-la)
 She talk it up
 Half empty cup
 Half-hearted love
 Half of the time halfway through crying
 But she don't live here by herself
 Sleeping in the bed she's made
 Reading books about self-help
 Working late on Saturdays
 Unless she's got something at stake
 For heaven's sake
 Keep him awake
 Make no mistake he'll break down daily with no warning
 When you're 20 years old, do as you're told
 Get bought and sold
 It's cold this early in the morning
 And he's living on 10th street
 Getting home right around dawn
 Every night of every week he's proving everybody wrong
 Any day now it won't be long, so
 Listen when I say
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Give 'em all what they came here for
 Never been there the same before
 Talk it up 'til your face gets sore
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Half a mile and we'll see the shore
 Captain how can you be so sure?
 Talkin' up what I came here for
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 I've been holding my own
 My rag and bone, lock up alone
 I don't forget to double-check it, no, no, no
 And I learn to rely on me and I
 Straighten my tie
 Lace my own boots zip my own jacket
 Because I did the best I could
 I got taken down again
 But I got fire in my blood
 I got sugar on my skin
 And I got nowhere to begin so listen I say
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Give 'em all what they came here for
 Never been down the same before
 Talk it up 'til your face gets sore
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Half a mile and we'll see the shore
 Captain how can you be so sure?
 Talkin' up what I came here for
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 See ya get what you put in
 So you cannot get upset
 If you're just dipping your foot in
 Because ya don't wanna get wet
 And ya ain't made it big yet
 Don't you stop it
 Give 'em all what they came here for
 Gotta talk it up 'til your face gets sore
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Half a mile and we'll see the shore
 Captain how can you be so sure?
 Talkin' up what I'm doing it all for
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Give 'em all what they came here for
 Never been done the same before
 Talk it up 'til you're face gets sore
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Half a mile and we'll see the shore
 Captain how can you be so sure?
 Talkin' up what I came here for
 Don't you stop it now
 Never been done the same
 Talk it up 'til your face gets sore
 Don't you stop it now come on
 Half a mile and we'll see the shore
 Captain how can you be so sure?
 Talkin' up what I came here for