Brilliant Mistake (live) Full Lyrics
[00:12.98] He thought he was the king of America
[00:17.56] When he bought Coca-Cola, it's like they're intertwined
[00:22.54] I try hard not to become a sterile cook
[00:26.80] I'm not sure if I'm laughing or crying
[00:32.19] Wish that I could push a button
[00:34.63] And talk in the past and not the present tense
[00:42.18] And watch this hurting feeling
[00:44.85] Disappear like it was common sense
[00:51.72] It was a fine idea at the time
[00:56.51] Now it's a brilliant mistake
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[01:15.32] She said that she was working for the ABC News
[01:19.69] It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
[01:24.77] Her perfume was unspeakable, it lingered in the air
[01:29.25] Like her artificial laughter and her mementos of affairs
[01:34.74] Oh, I said, "I see you know him
[01:37.51] Isn't that very fortunate for you?"
[01:44.15] She showed me his calling card
[01:46.70] Can't remember more than there were more than one or two
[01:54.38] He was a fine idea at the time
[01:59.16] Now he's a brilliant mistake
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[02:17.98] He thought he was the king of America
[02:22.94] But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
[02:27.99] He tricked me doing mirrors and with chemicals
[02:32.93] The words he loved in whispers in an actual loving screams
[02:38.16] Wish that I could push a button
[02:40.76] And talk in the past and not the present tense
[02:48.31] And watch this hurting feeling
[02:51.05] Disappear like it was common sense
[02:58.25] It was a fine idea at the time
[03:03.13] Now I'm a brilliant mistake
[03:12.18] I was a fine idea at the time
[03:17.84] Now I'm a brilliant mistake
[03:26.49] A brilliant mistake
[03:30.42] A brilliant mistake
[03:32.84] Oh, a brilliant mistake
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