every letter and sweet word spill'd  
all the songs written and the one's that you will
lines of devotion and feelings unconstrained
emotions spent on strangers who betrayed
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you wasted your "i love you's"
                                                   on somebody else
they went and broke your heart
                                                   a pain you shouldn't have felt
now i'm standing here lonely
                                                   heart left on the bottom shelf

'cause you wasted all "i love you's"
                                                   on somebody else
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understanding the struggle of giving too much away
i understand the reasons why you'd feel so afraid
writing this down now 'cause i've too much to say
but i'm begging you now, please don't keep me at bay

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how can i convince you that i'm for real?
how shall i explain the way that i feel?
you bring the sunshine after the rain
and every time i look at you i fall all over again
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but you've wasted your "i love you's"
                                                          on somebody else
who went and broke your heart,
                                                 a pain you shouldn't have felt
now mine is yours to claim,  
                                                 but you've placed it on the shelf
"cause you wasted your "i love you's"
                                                                ­           on somebody else