CHÉRIE

A thousand kisses, teenage sweetheart

Should have recorded us from the start

Your dms are the only ones I check

I can easily recall our message thread

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Can't focus when my mind is making up

Imaginary conversations non-stop

Usually I need a book to fall asleep

Now I dream of how we sweep

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My body shakes all day long

Wanting to dance to our song

Butterflies moving through my spine

Just walking past your neon sign

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When I'm not with you I miss your scent

So when you gave me your jacket to lent

The smell of your aftershave it evoked

I didn't even mind that you smoked

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Your imperfect body and your lips

Your eyes closed and your open hips

Though nothing beats your gaze

Your sexual sense is taste

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My body shakes all day long

Wanting to dance to our song

Butterflies moving through my spine

Just walking past your neon sign

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In your maroon shirt you made me swoon

But when I told you that I like you

You weren't able to say it back to me

But I knew you did when you called me Chérie

Which would become our goodbye song

So I'm saying "merci" and "so long"

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My body shakes all day long

Wanting to dance to our song

Butterflies moving through my spine

Just walking past your neon sign

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© written by Cosima Charlotte