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If i hadn't made a left hand turn |
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If you hadn't made a right |
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If i'd waited just a moment more |
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If you'd missed the light |
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If that car had never blown its horn |
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If that friend had stopped to talk |
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We'd have never met at all |
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If i didn't take that walk |
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I'd have gotten there too early |
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You'd have gotten there too late |
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We are children of coincidence |
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Coincidence and fate |
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Crossed connection, lost connections |
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Empty corners, crowded intersections |
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Accidents and incidents |
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We're children of coincidence and chance |
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If he hadn't stopped to pick it up |
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If she hadn't dropped her book |
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When she took it, if she'd noticed him |
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How come we never look? |
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If she hadn't been so very white |
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If he hadn't been so black |
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Would she smile and say hello to him? |
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Would he have turned his back? |
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If she cancelled her appointment |
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Would he break his other date? |
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We are children of coincidence |
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Coincidence and fate |
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Crossed connection (repeat chorus) |
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If the planets were in perfect place |
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If your sign was on the rise |
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If my stars were in complete accord |
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But the sun was in your eyes |
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You'd have only seen my shadow |
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As i passed you on the street |
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And it might have been a hundred years |
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Before our souls would meet again |
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And we would still be strangers |
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Too early and too late |
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We are children of coincidence |
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Coincidence and fate. |