Biography:
The Verve Pipe is an American post-grunge band from East Lansing, Michigan. It was formed in 1991 by Brian Vander Ark, Brad Vander Ark, Donny Brown and Brian Stout, releasing their first album, I've Suffered a Head Injury later that year. They released a second album Pop Smear helping to gain a devoted following in their native state of Michigan, which led to signing with RCA Records in 1995.
Despite the similarity in name to the British band The Verve, there is no relation between the two.
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Sometimes I wish, we had a short term memory
B E A
Just enough to recognize each other's face
E B
It would be the same old stories but you're
B A
Hanging onto every single word I have to say
D A E
To the world I'm not that clever
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But you would stay with me forever
C D
I'd keep your friends from reminding
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Reminding you to
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Save yourself, leave me behind
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You would if you had half a mind
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I'd tell you every day's your birthday
B A
And every gift I bring could be the same
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Or how I stood beside you at a shotgun wedding
B A
And the child we both would love but never came
D A E
Hearing stories that were never
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You would stay with me forever
C D
But I'd forget to make money
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You'd forget to
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Save yourself, leave me behind
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You would if you had half a mind
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How vulnerable you are
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Rob this house and leave me blind
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You would if you had half a mind
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How effortless to stay together
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For these ties you may have severed
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I'll just stay right here forever
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And so you write on your forehead
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Or better yet you engrave
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So when you look in the mirror
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Well, you don't forget to
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Save yourself, leave me behind
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You would if you had half a mind
A
How vulnerable you are
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Rob this house and leave me blind
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You would if you had half a mind
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How effortless to stay together
D A E
If we had no memory whatsoever
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We would stay right here forever
C D
You just stay forever
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You just stay forever
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