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Your hands were cold |
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Your voice was shaky |
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One morning not too long ago |
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And at the time I was only a child |
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About to lose my childlike mind |
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The way you touched my hands |
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Like you never had before |
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It wasn't you anymore |
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I called for my brothers |
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I called for my sisters |
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But there was nothing left for them to do |
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And so I watched from far away |
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As the ambulances came |
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And started dressing for school |
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Goodbye sweet mother earth |
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Without you now I'm a lonely universe |
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You won't always understand |
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When you've truly loved someone |
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Until after they've gone |
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This time of year the nights fall longer |
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So grow a spine or catch cold |
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The winter months they do make you feel stronger |
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But in the end it's all getting old |
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And you won't always be walking the safest streets |
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But you can find your way home |
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If you have imagined your way back |
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Then my dear you're more than halfway there |
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And you might only possess |
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What you've carried on your back |
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But you've always been free |
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Now it's time to believe |
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Time to give up that unforgiving act of altogetherness |
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And start living out your oldest childhood dreams |
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Well, losing your minds it ain't half as bad as it seems |
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And if you would take the risk |
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Well, it might be worth your time |
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It's only your life |
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It's only going by |
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Goodbye sweet mother earth |
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Without you now I'm a lonely universe |
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You won't always understand |
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When you've truly loved someone |
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Until after they've gone |