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What You Were (1991 Demo)

The Cranberries
Track 14 on Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe) 
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What You Were (1991 Demo) Lyrics

[Intro]
Now it's easy for to see
Why people's life are so lonely
And you never understood
You never really could, you were wrong

[Chorus]
What you were, what you were
I couldn't say
'Cause you left me here behind
A stupid state of mind, and I'm lonely

[Hook]
Yeah, you left me here behind
A stupid state of mind, and you're gone
'Cause you left me here behind
A stupid state of mind, and you're gone

[Chorus]
What you were, what you were
I couldn't say
It took something hard like this
Mistaken to resist, and I'm lonely

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Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (Super Deluxe) (2018)
The Cranberries
  1. 1.
    I Still Do
  2. 2.
    Dreams
  3. 3.
    Sunday
  4. 4.
    Pretty
  5. 5.
    Waltzing Back
  6. 6.
    Not Sorry
  7. 7.
    Linger
  8. 8.
    Wanted
  9. 9.
    Still Can’t...
  10. 10.
    I Will Always
  11. 11.
    How
  12. 12.
    Put Me Down
  13. 13.
    Íosa
  14. 14.
    What You Were (1991 Demo)
  15. 15.
    Linger (Dave Bascombe Mix)
  16. 16.
    How (Alternate Version)
  17. 17.
    Liar
  18. 18.
    What You Were
  19. 19.
    Reason
  20. 20.
    How (Radical Mix)
  21. 22.
    Pretty (Pret A Porter Movie M
  22. 23.
    Uncertain
  23. 24.
    Nothing Left At All (’Uncertain’ EP Version)
  24. 25.
    Pathetic Senses (’Uncertain’ EP Version)
  25. 26.
    Them
  26. 27.
    Dreams (Non-Mixed Mix / The Cranberry Saw Us Casette Demo) (Missing Lyrics)
  27. 28.
    Sunday (’Water Circle’ EP Version)
  28. 29.
    Linger (’Water Circle’ EP Version)
  29. 30.
    Chrome Paint
  30. 31.
    A Fast One
  31. 32.
    Shine Down
  32. 33.
    Dreams (Pop Mix / The Cranberry Saw Us Casette Demo) (Missing Lyrics)
  33. 34.
    Put Me Down (Live At Cork Rock, Ireland / 1991)
  34. 35.
    Dreams (Live At Cork Rock, Ireland / 1991)
  35. 36.
    Uncertain (Live At Cork Rock, Ireland / 1991) (Missing Lyrics)
  36. 37.
    Pretty (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  37. 38.
    Wanted (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  38. 39.
    Daffodil Lament (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  39. 40.
    Linger (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  40. 41.
    I Can’t Be With You (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  41. 42.
    How (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  42. 43.
    Ode To My Family (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  43. 44.
    Not Sorry (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  44. 45.
    Waltzing Back (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  45. 46.
    Dreams (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) (Missing Lyrics)
  46. 47.
    Ridiculous Thoughts (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994 (Missing Lyrics)
  47. 48.
    Zombie (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  48. 49.
    (They Long To Be) Close To You (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
  49. 50.
    Dreams (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  50. 51.
    Uncertain (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  51. 52.
    Reason (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  52. 53.
    Put Me Down (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  53. 54.
    Waltzing Back (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  54. 55.
    Linger (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session)
  55. 56.
    Wanted (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session)
  56. 57.
    I Will Always (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session) (Missing Lyrics)
  57. 58.
    The Icicle Melts (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
  58. 59.
    Wanted (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
  59. 60.
    Like You Used To (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
  60. 61.
    False (Dave Fanning RTÉ Radio Session)
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