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I Stole It First

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[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Nobody's moved an inch in half an hour
The rain's got the whole highway holding still
Red brake lights running down the windshield like paint
And my glovebox is receipts and one bent photograph

[Pre-Chorus]
I took it off your kitchen fridge
Slid it out from under a little lemon magnet
You were laughing in the other room
(ooh, you never even looked)

[Chorus]
Before you ever knew my name, I stole it first
Seven years of running into you on purpose
You call it fate, I call it careful work
Before you ever knew my name, I stole it first

[Verse 2]
That bookstore on a Tuesday wasn't luck
I knew the train you took, I knew the stop
I let you think you found me standing in the rain
And I'd have stood there twice as long, I'm telling you now

[Pre-Chorus]
The corners went soft in my jacket
I kept it flat against my chest through every winter
You were laughing in the other room
(ooh, you never even looked)

[Chorus]
Before you ever knew my name, I stole it first
Seven years of running into you on purpose
You call it fate, I call it careful work
Before you ever knew my name, I stole it first

[Bridge]
I'm not sorry, and that's the ugly part
I wanted to be chosen back, that's all it ever was
I built the whole thing just to hear you say my name
The worst part is I'd do it all again, only faster

[Final Chorus]
Before you ever knew my name, I stole it first
Seven years of running into you on purpose
(on purpose, every time)
You call it fate, I call it careful work
Before you ever knew my name, I stole it first

[Outro]
Before you ever knew my name
Look at me, I'm still holding it

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