* the civil wars / starter sentences.
feel free to change the pronouns to make these fit!
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY:
❛ i never meant to get us in this deep. ❜
❛ i never meant for this to mean a thing. ❜
❛ i got caught up by the chase. ❜
❛ wish you were the one that got away. ❜
❛ i wish i’d never ever seen your face. ❜
❛ i miss the way you wanted me. ❜
❛ i wish you were the one. ❜
I HAD ME A GIRL:
❛ i had me a girl. ❜
❛ that woman taught me to pray. ❜
❛ i saw heaven every day. ❜
❛ i slipped through his hands. ❜
SAME OLD SAME OLD:
❛ i wanna leave you. ❜
❛ i wanna lose us. ❜
❛ i wanna give up. ❜
❛ i wanna miss this. ❜
❛ i want a heartache. ❜
❛ i wanna run away. ❜
❛ i’m gonna break things. ❜
❛ i’m gonna cross the line. ❜
❛ i’m gonna say it. ❜
❛ i don’t wanna fight. ❜
DUST TO DUST:
❛ it’s not your eyes. ❜
❛ it’s not what you say. ❜
❛ you’re just lonely. ❜
❛ let me in the walls. ❜
❛ we can light a match. ❜
❛ let me hold your hand. ❜
❛ dust to dust. ❜
❛ you’ve done your time. ❜
❛ listen to me. ❜
❛ you’re like a mirror, reflecting me. ❜
❛ we’ve been lonely. ❜
EAVESDROP:
❛ i don’t want to talk right now. ❜
❛ don’t say that it’s over. ❜
❛ i don’t care. ❜
❛ for all that we’ve got, don’t let go. ❜
❛ just hold me. ❜
❛ i can’t pull you closer than this. ❜
❛ let the stars watch. ❜
❛ let the wind eavesdrop. ❜
DEVIL’S BACKBONE:
❛ i’ve fallen in love with a man on the run. ❜
❛ what have I done? ❜
❛ don’t take that sinner from me. ❜
❛ i’ve fallen for someone who’s nothing like you. ❜
❛ i just wanna take him home. ❜
❛ he did what he had to do. ❜
❛ give me the burden, give me the blame. ❜
❛ i’ll shoulder the load, and i’ll swallow the shame. ❜
❛ don’t care if he’s guilty, don’t care if he’s not. ❜
FROM THIS VALLEY:
❛ the desert dreams of a river. ❜
❛ my heart longs for an ocean. ❜
❛ i will pray, pray, pray till i see your smiling face. ❜
❛ may you hold me in your grace. ❜
❛ the caged bird dreams of a strong wind. ❜
❛ won’t you take me from this valley? ❜
TELL MAMA:
❛ tell mama all about it. ❜
❛ i’ll make everything alright. ❜
❛ that girl you had didn’t have no sense. ❜
❛ she’d embarrass you anywhere. ❜
❛ give me a chance, i’m beggin’ you. ❜
OH, HENRY:
❛ the grass is green everywhere but under me. ❜
❛ i love the best i can. ❜
❛ have you got something to tell me? ❜
❛ i know you wouldn’t hurt me. ❜
❛ we don’t need one more grave in this town. ❜
❛ at the end of that forbidden road, there’s a six-foot hole. ❜
DISARM:
❛ the years burn. ❜
❛ disarm you with a smile. ❜
❛ i used to be a little boy. ❜
❛ what’s a boy supposed to do? ❜
❛ the killer in me is the killer in you. ❜
❛ i send this smile over to you. ❜
SACRED HEART:
❛ will you come for me? ❜
❛ kiss me gently. ❜
❛ you may have missed your train. ❜
❛ you may not forgive me. ❜
❛ i’ll wait for you. ❜
❛ only you. ❜
D’ARLINE:
❛ there’s so much i’m dying to tell. ❜
❛ little things left unsaid. ❜
❛ you’ll always be the only one. ❜
❛ can’t live with you or without. ❜
❛ happiness was having you here with me. ❜
❛ if i only knew where to send this letter to. ❜
❛ that’s how it goes. ❜

















