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I Need My Girl (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)

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I Need My Girl (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18) Lyrics

[Audience Cheering]

[Chorus]
I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
But I can't get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I need my girl
I need my girl

[Verse 1]
Remember when you lost your shit and
Drove the car into the garden?
You got out and said "I'm sorry"
To the vines and no one saw it
I need my girl
I need my girl

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm under the gun again
I know I was a 45-percenter then
I know I was a lot of things

[Chorus]
But I am good, I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
But I can't get my head around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I need my girl
I need my girl
[Verse 2]
There's some things that I should never
Laugh about in front of family
I tried to call you from the party
It's full of punks and cannonballers
I need my girl
I need my girl

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm under the gun again
I know I was a 45-percenter thеn
I know I was a lot of things

[Chorus]
But I am good, and I am grounded
Davy says that I look taller
But I can't get my hеad around it
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I keep feeling smaller and smaller
I keep feeling smaller and smaller

[Audience Clapping]

[Spoken: Matt Berninger, Bryce Dessner]
Thanks so much
We're incredibly lucky tonight to have one of our favorite bands, Big Thief, open for us
And tomorrow, one of our favorite musicians ever, Cat Power is gonna play
This is amazing for us
And my hands [?] so I'm probably gonna fuck this song up

Big Thief
Farting ey, right, Isla?
You know those guys are fighting a lot backstage
Our openers often go knife to knife backstage
But those guys actually are friends so everything's cool

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    I Need My Girl (Live at Berkeley 9/24/18)
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November 29, 2019
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