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2004 · From the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

I Never Told You What I Do for a Living

by My Chemical Romance

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03 · Lyrics

"I Never Told You What I Do for a Living"

Stay out of the light

Or the photograph that I gave you

You can say a prayer if you need to

Or just get in line and I'll grieve you

Can I meet you alone

Another night and I'll see you

Another night and I'll be you

Some other way to continue

To hide my face

Another knife in my hands

A stain that never comes off the sheets

Clean me off

I'm so dirty babe

The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes

I keep a book of the names and those

Only go so far 'til you bury them

So deep and down we go

Touched by angels though I fall out of grace

I did it all so maybe I'd live this every day

Another knife in my hands

A stain that never comes off the sheets

Clean me off

I'm so dirty babe

It ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame

It's for the bodies I claim and lose

Only go so far 'til you bury them

So deep and down we go

Down

And down we go

And down we go

And down we go

And we all fall down

I tried

I tried

And we'll all dance alone to the tune of your death

We'll love again we'll laugh again

And it's better off this way

And never again and never again

They gave us two shots to the back of the head

And we're all dead now

Well never again and never again

They gave us two shots to the back of the head

And we're all dead now

Well I tried

One more night

One more night

Well I'm laughin' out cryin' out laughin' out loud

I tried well I tried well I tried

'Cause I tried but I lied

I lied

I tried

I tried

I tried well

And we'll love again we'll laugh again

We'll cry again and we'll dance again

And it's better off this way

So much better off this way

I can't clean the blood off the sheets in my bed

And never again and never again

They gave us two shots to the back of the head

And we're all dead now

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04 · FAQ

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When was "I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" released?
"I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" by My Chemical Romance was released on June 8, 2004 on the album "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge".
What genre is "I Never Told You What I Do for a Living"?
"I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" by My Chemical Romance falls within the blues genre.
What album is "I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" on?
"I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" appears on the album "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" by My Chemical Romance.
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