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Pardonne - (Ireland, Quinones, Rizzo) 
Vocals - Vanessa Contenay Quinones, 
Drums - Mark Jeffs Keyboards & Programming - Alex Rizzo
Produced by Alex Rizzo for Skeewiff

Pardonne (forgive me) Lyrics

What I was yesterday / I am no more
We change with time / at the corner of a street We say hello / or we lose sight (All because of love)

You're better with her / with you there she exists
Me I refuse / the facade of a conformist life ! Awkwardness that / you can attend...
 Forgive / Forgive Me
I did not want to hurt you so... Forgive / Forgive Me
I was not the one you thought I was. 

2/
My tenderness overwhelms you / your sadness slaps me For me to undo / for better or worse
With promises that will never end (All because of love)

The desire to know / what is not allowed
Not to be ready / for a end that betrays ! And make you lose a hole a lifetime.

Forgive / Forgive Me
I did not want to hurt you so... Forgive / Forgive Me, I was not the one you expected 

3/
PARDONNE - FORGIVE
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Do try to know / it is what I wanted
I do not know how / I was in the unknown With always that uncertainty (All because of love)

Now go with her / you will soon forget me
I'm sorry to be the one / that leaving our destiny Slip away...
Forgive / Forgive Me
I did not want to hurt you so... Forgive / Forgive Me
I was not the one you expected
Forgive / Forgive Me
I did not want to hurt you so...
Forgive / Forgive Me
I was not the one you were waiting for.

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Lines on your face don't bother me
Down in my chair when you dance over me
I can't help myself
I've got to see you again

Late in the night when I'm all alone
And I look at the clock and I know you're not home
I can't help myself
I've got to see you again

I could almost go there
Just to watch you be seen
I could almost go there
Just to live in a dream

But no I won't go for any of those things
To not touch your skin is not why I sing
I can't help myself
I've got to see you again

I could almost go there
Just to watch you be seen
I could almost go there
Just to live in a dream

No, I won't go to share you with them
But oh even though I know where you've been
I can't help myself
I've got to see you again
Oh I can't help myself
I've got to see you again

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