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Be the One (Acoustic Version)

The Ting Tings
Track 11 on We Started Nothing (Bonus Version) 
Nov. 21, 20081 viewer

Be the One (Acoustic Version) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You say it's not what you do
It's what you're thinkin' of
Well, I think it's just an excuse
It's what you put across

[Chorus]
'Cause I don't wanna be the one
Only overjoyed
Yeah, I don't wanna be the one
Makin' all the noise
I don't wanna be the one

[Verse 2]
So make sure you're thinkin' it through
You've let me down again
Offer me somethin'
I know you really meant

[Chorus]
I don't wanna be the one
Only overjoyed
Yeah, I don't wanna be the one
Makin' all the noise
I don't wanna be the one
[Bridge]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
What you gonna offer now?
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

[Chorus]
I don't wanna be the one
Only overjoyed
Yeah I don't wanna be the one
Makin' all the noise
I don't wanna be the one
Hey

[Bridge]
This was not my idea
Don't you keep me waitin'
This was not my idea
Don't you keep me waitin'
This was not my idea
Don't you keep me waitin'
This was not my idea
Don't you keep me waitin'

[Outro]
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
What you gonna offer now?

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We Started Nothing (Bonus Version) (2008)
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  13. 13.
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Release Date
November 21, 2008
Be the One (Acoustic Version) Interpolations
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PopAcoustic
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