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Paper Lanterns
  • Track #11 from 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
  • Released 1991
    Green Day has played this song live 251 times
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    Lyrics
    Now I rest my head from
    Such an endess dreary time
    A time of hopes & happiness
    That had you on my mind
    Those days are gone & now it seems
    As if I'll get some rest
    But now & then I'll see you again
    And if it puts my heart to the test

    So when are all my troubles going to end?
    I'm understanding now that
    We are only friends
    To this day I'm asking why
    I still think about you

    As the days go on I wonder
    (will this ever end?)
    I find it hard to keep control
    When you're with your boyfriend
    I do not mind if all I am is
    Just a friend to you
    But all i want to know right now
    Is if you think about me too..
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