* JOHN PRINE STARTERS from various songs of his !
change pronouns and/or tenses if necessary !
“ i’m trying to hide my sorrow from the people i meet. ”
“ i’d like to stay. ”
“ i’m tired of running around. ”
“ i could built a castle of memories. ”
“ just give me one thing that i can hold on to. ”
“ no matter how hard i try, the years just flow by like a broken down dam. ”
“ i haven’t done anything since i woke up today. ”
“ i hope i didn’t ruin your whole vacation. ”
“ you never know how far from home you’re feeling until you watch the shadows on the ceiling. ”
“ you don’t have to be alone. ”
“ just come on home. ”
“ valentine’s breaks hearts. ”
“ you can’t win for trying. ”
“ new year’s eve’s bound to leave you crying. ”
“ i still love that picture of us walking. ”
“ it’s just like that old house we thought was haunted. ”
“ summer’s end came faster than we wanted. ”
“ when i woke up this morning, things were looking bad. ”
“ total silence was the only friend i had. ”
“ a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down and won. ”
“ won’t you please tell the man i didn’t kill anyone ? ”
“ sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place i’ve been. ”
“ i sat down in my closet trying to get away from all the ears inside my walls. ”
“ i dreamed the police heard everything i thought. ”
“ i remember everything. ”
“ i remember the way you turned and smiled on me. ”
“ i remember every night. ”
“ i remember how i missed you in the morning. ”
“ i miss you in the morning. ”
“ a little tenderness was the best i could do. ”
“ i’ve been holding on for you. ”
“ look at us, after all these years together ”
“ look at you, pretty as a picture. ”
“ look at me, still crazy over you. ”
“ in a hundred years from now, they’ll look back and wonder how we made it all work out. ”
“ we’ll go down in history. ”
“ when they want to see how true love should be, they’ll just look at us. ”
“ storms never last, do they, baby ? ”
“ your hand in mine stills the thunder. ”
“ you make the sun want to shine. ”
“ you’ll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry. ”
“ you know you need and want my love, yet you’re afraid to try. ”
“ someday, i’ll get over you. ”
“ i’d rather believe in love and give it away as much as i can. ”
“ i’ll always miss dreaming my dreams with you. ”
“ you, my happiness. ”
“ everybody’s waiting for something.. ”
“ the saddest words i ever heard were words of parting. ”
“ sweetheart, remember me. ”
“ you will never be the same. ”
“ life is empty without you. ”
“ i know you loved me. ”
“ you’re still the first one in my heart. ”
“ i can’t put all the blame on you. ”
“ i guess we could have made it, but pride stood in our way. ”
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THINGS MY BEST FRIEND AND I HAVE SAID, pt i.
warnings : vulgar language, alcohol mention, d.eath, s.ui.cide, two twenty-something year olds cursing their way through life
change pronouns / tenses if needed !
“ i fuckin’ bamboozled myself. ”
“ YOU MOTHERFUCKER. ”
“ we need matching onesies. ”
“ if i tell you i did something stupid will you promise not to make it a thing? ”
“ the vibes are just weird today... let me see what sign the moon is in. ”
“ the moon is in pisces? damn. sad bitch hours for sure. ”
“ i finally got to use my texan accent! ”
“ what do you think of when you think of me? ”
“ i’m actually having a really difficult time right now because i literally want to bang my own brains out. ”
“ i think bucky barnes would love you. ”
“ i think bucky barnes would fucking hate you. ”
“ i hate my fucking brain, dude. ”
“ i didn’t come here to drink wine coolers on your couch all night. i came here to drink straight whiskey and pass out on the floor of your bathroom. ”
“ give me your fucking venmo before i come over there and fight it out of you. ”
“ do you have your crystals on you? ”
“ i DO NOT have my crystals on me. i’m raw dogging this shit. ”
“ _____ always says my name so sweetly, it makes me want to cry. ”
“ oh, you’re down bad, aren’t you? ”
“ you need the time he was born, right? ”
“ go ahead and ask, but don’t be sus about it.”
“ he was born in 1999? THAT’S A WHOLE CHILD. ”
“ he’s not a child. he’s 21. he has a full beard. ”
“ i have a five year plan of setting you up with him. it’s been in motion for months now. ”
“ why do you keep trying to set me up with people? i’m literally dating someone right now. ”
“ why do i keep getting drawn to sagittarius men? ”
“ you called me a ‘certified badass witch’? thank you, i love that. ”
“ she’s so short, i could just knee her in the chin. ”
“ people are so fucking weird. ”
“ is it weird that i already know what kind of headstone i want? ”
“ maybe i’m clairvoyant and my heart palpitations this morning were just a bad omen of all the shit that was gonna happen today. ”
“ i think i would be interested in fucking him if i didn’t work with him, but alas, dats da way da cookie crumbles. ”
“ dude, i made $200 in tips this weekend. that’s so many burritos. ”
“ i’m about to cry in the back of this fucking uber. ”
“ i think the universe is telling me i don’t need to date. ”
“ I JUST ACCIDENTALLY LIKED A PICTURE OF HIS FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. ”
“ i was very close to saying fuck it and fucking ____ last night. ”
“ i can’t find my FUCKING glasses. this is the worst day of my life. ”
“ look me in the face and tell me to stop romanticizing him. ”
“ i took advantage of the alone-time and busted out my tarot cards. i needed a conversation with the cosmos. ”
“ oh shit, you rock with ABBA? ”
“ of course i rock with ABBA. chiquitita is what i play when i want to die. sometimes it makes it worse, but whatever. ”
“ if i die, you’re my bestest bestie. ”
“ i just saw wild horses for the first time in my life and started crying so i think i’m PMSing. ”
“ logically, i know she’s manipulating me. but emotionally? mmmmm... ”
“ this whole fucking thing is a shit show. ”
“ oh, his venus is in scorpio. that guy FUCKS. ”
“ i’m convinced seth rogan is my true soulmate. ”
“ STOP SAYING MY HOUSE IS HAUNTED. YOU’RE SCARING ME. ”
“ if someone breaks in, stab me with my epipen. it’s adrenaline so i’ll beat the ever-living fuck out of them. ”
“ is an epipen like a temporary super soldier serum?”
“ i don’t believe in god. i believe in shit you’ve never even fuckin’ heard of, buddy. ”
“ stop telling me to download mods that show my sims woohoo-ing! i don’t want to watch them woohoo! ”
“ if you had an o.nlyf.ans account, i would tip you so good. ”
“ oh my god, this is exactly like when tony found out bucky killed his parents. ”
“ ...HOW THE FUCK IS THIS LIKE WHEN TONY FOUND OUT BUCKY KILLED HIS PARENTS? ”
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* ABBA STARTERS !
change pronouns and/or tenses if necessary !
“ are you sure you want to hear more ? ”
“ things look different in the morning light. ”
“ if you hurt my feelings, i’ll cry out loud. ”
“ i’m not the kind of girl you marry. ”
“ don’t you realize i may be an angel in disguise ? ”
“ it’s lonely to be free. ”
“ i’m not a man’s toy, i’ll never be. ”
“ i don’t believe in fairytales. ”
“ i do believe in sympathy. ”
“ won’t you have a drink with me ? ”
“ i can’t help my ways. ”
“ i’m just not the kind of girl to hide my face. ”
“ i was so afraid. ”
“ we were young and full of life, and none of us prepared to die. ”
“ there was something in the air that night. ”
“ i never thought that we could lose. ”
“ if i had to do the same again, i would. ”
“ you were robbing me. ”
“ one of us had to go. ”
“ one of us is crying. ”
“ one of us is lying. ”
“ tell me what’s wrong. ”
“ i hate to see you like this. ”
“ the heartaches come and they go. ”
“ take it now or leave it. ”
“ now is all we get. ”
“ i’m really glad you came. ”
“ my fate is to be with you. ”
“ i have to sit down for a while. ”
“ what happened to those wonderful adventures ? the places i had planned for us to go ? ”
“ it’s slipping through my fingers all the time. ”
“ i wasn’t jealous before we met. ”
“ i used to think i was sensible. ”
“ everything is you. ”
“ what can i do ? ”
“ i hate to spend the evening on my own. ”
“ you’re a tease. ”
“ if you need me, let me know. ”
“ take a chance on me. ”
“ i don’t want to take about the things we’ve been through. ”
“ i was in your arms, thinking i belonged there. ”
“ you must know i miss you . . . ”
“ i apologize, if it makes you feel bad. ”
“ i don’t want to lose you. ”
“ everything about you is right. ”
“ neither you nor i’m to blame when all is said and done. ”
“ take it easy with me, please. ”
“ please don’t let me down. ”
“ you thrill me. ”
“ you make me feel dizzy. ”
“ you’re a love machine. ”
“ i don’t want to hurt you, baby. ”
“ there’s no place in this world i’d rather be. ”
“ honey, you nearly kill me. ”
“ i can read in your face that your feelings are driving you wild. ”
“ this is goodbye. ”
“ breaking up is never easy. ”
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* LORD HURON STARTERS from various singles !
change pronouns and/or tenses if necessary !
“ i swore that i’d become better for you, and i tried. ”
“ i tried to change my ways. ”
“ i bare a flame that burns a thousand suns for you. ”
“ i bore a flame that burned a thousand suns for you, but it died. ”
“ i could never love somebody else. ”
“ i told you i could never love somebody else, but i lied. ”
“ i lied. ”
“ i'll be coming back for you. ”
“ i told you i’d be coming back for you, but i’m not. ”
“ i would dance until we’re bones. ”
“ i read your letter and i cried. ”
“ there were tears of joy. ”
“ the chains are broken. ”
“ i made a vow to stand beside you til the day that i die. ”
“ i could never live without your love. ”
“ i told you i could never live without your love, but i lied. ”
“ i’m all messed up with nowhere to go. ”
“ it’s hard to make friends when you’re half in the grave. ”
“ i’m not dead yet. ”
“ i got something to say. ”
“ you look like hell. ”
“ there’s a stranger in my eyes again. ”
“ you’re tired of me and i’m tired of you. ”
“ i’ve been out way too long. ”
“ if she asks about me, tell her i’m not dead yet. ”
“ i’ve been waiting for you to come. ”
“ it’s driving me insane. ”
“ does he make you say his name ? ”
“ does it hurt when you lie to me ? ”
“ if you asked, i’d set you free. ”
“ aren’t you worried what i’ll do ? ”
“ little girl, you’re not so young. ”
“ is he ready to die for you, baby ? ”
“ i’m fond of living. ”
“ i would have given it all for the girl i love. ”
“ when did i lose your love ? ”
“ was it him you were thinking of ? ”
“ i could never betray your love. ”
“ you had me, heart and soul. ”
“ i was all yours. ”
“ that’s just how it goes. ”
“ i’m not the person i was this morning when the sun rose. ”
“ i’ll never replace your love. ”
“ i’ll be taking a life this evening. ”
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* THE WORLD AND OTHER PLACES by jeanette winterson starters
change pronouns if needed !
“ i will come for you. ”
“ i will throw myself across chance for you. ”
“ you are the dream. ”
“ it would have been so much easier if i had been an easier person. ”
“ i have learned what love costs. ”
“ a new beginning . . . i saw this in him and it frightened me. ”
“ journeys make me nervous. ”
“ they are liars. i’m telling you because i know. ”
“ i like heights. ”
“ are you asleep ? ”
“ i want to take care of you. ”
“ will you marry me ? ”
“ you have the sun inside you. ”
“ don’t hurt me. ”
“ i’m no saint. ”
“ you are my new testament. ”
“ you are not hard to love. ”
“ if i’m honest, i’ll admit that i’ve always wanted to avoid love. ”
“ give me all the parts of love, but not the simple single word which is so complex and demands the best of me. ”
“ despair made it too dark to see. ”
“ kindness has always been a surprise. ”
“ there is no passion without pain. ”
“ i don’t know what i want. i’m just drifting. ”
“ life has no point. ”
“ what’s wrong with settling down and getting married ? ”
“ did something happen to you ? ”
“ if you could make a wish, what would it be ? ”
“ love is enough. ”
“ i knew i could get away and better myself. not because i despised who i was, but because i didn’t know who i was. ”
“ one day i woke with the curious sensation of not being myself. ”
“ you need to get some sleep. ”
“ i was worried about you. ”
“ will you sleep with me ? ”
“ when i hold you in this night - soaked bed, it’s courage for the day i need. ”
“ why don’t you get married ? ”
“ it’s not enough. ”
“ i’m getting divorced. ”
“ you were not designed to be my landscape or my lifeline, nor i yours. ”
“ if everything i have become were not machine - made, i might be able to take the risk of being human with you. ”
“ don’t let this happen. ”
“ i can’t walk away. do you understand that ? i can’t walk away. ”
“ the love has gone. ”
“ i’m unhappy, which like all important things, goes without saying. ”
“ where are you now ? ”
“ i’m trying to be good. ”
“ i could have saved him. ”
“ i felt he limited my life. ”
“ i never made him happy. ”
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