I BARELY KNOW YOU ✸ Jesse St. James

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november 18th

this was it, Ariela had to improv and sing a song at sectionals, the whole team depended on her, and glee club meant something to her, she didn't want to admit it, but over the last few weeks, it became family.

Head underwater

And they tell me

To breathe easy for a while
Breathing gets harder, even I know that
Made room for me It's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to

Blank stares at blank pages

No easy way to say this
You mean well, but you make this hard on me

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's
Make or breaking this
If you're on your way

I'm not gonna write you to stay

If all you have is leavin'
I'ma need a better reason
To write you a love song
Today, today, yeah

I learned the hard way

That they all say
Things you want to hear

My heavy heart sinks deep down under

You and your twisted words
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry

Convince me to please you

Make me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's
Make or breaking this
If you're on your way

I'm not gonna write you to stay

If all you have is leavin'
I'ma need a better reason
To write you a love song
TodayPromise me you'll leave the light on
To help me see
With daylight, my guide, gone
'Cause I believe there's a way
You can love me because I say
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one,
You see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's
Make or breaking this
Is that why you wanted a love song?
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's
Make or breaking this
Or you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay

If your heart is nowhere in it

I don't want it for a minute
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that
There's a reason to write you a love song
Today, today

she finished, taking a deep breath and smiling proudly to herself as her friends stood behind her, ready to start, "ladies and gentleman, the new directions!"

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she would meet her connection
At her feet was her footloose man

No, you can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need

I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was her footloose man

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you might find
You get what you need

And I went down to the demonstration

To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't we're gonna blow a fifty-amp fuse

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find
You get what you need

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find
You get what you need

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore

To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"
I said to him

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need
You get what you need, yeah, oh baby

I saw her today at the reception

In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well, I could tell by her blood-stained hands

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need, oh yeah

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