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My mother bought it secondhand |
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from a silent movie star. |
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It was out of tune, |
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but still I learned to play. |
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And with each note we both would smile, |
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forgetting who we are. |
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And all the pain would simply |
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fly away. |
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Something secondhand and broken |
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still can make a pretty sound. |
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Even if it doesn't have a place to live. |
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Oh, the words were left unspoken |
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when my mama came around. |
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But that secondhand white baby grand |
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still had something beautiful |
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to give. |
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Through missing keys and broken strings |
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the music was our own. |
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Until the day we said our last good-byes. |
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The baby grand was sent away. |
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A child all alone |
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to pray somebody else would realize |
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that something secondhand and broken |
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still can make a pretty sound. |
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Even if it doesn't have a place to live. |
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Oh, the words are still unspoken, |
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now that mama's not around. |
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But that secondhand white baby grand |
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still has something beautiful |
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to give. |
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For many years the music had to roam, |
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until we found a way to find a home. |
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So now I wake up every day and see her standing there |
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Just waiting for a partner to compose. |
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And I wish my mother still could hear |
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that sound beyond compare. |
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I'll play her song till everybody knows |
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that something secondhand and broken |
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still can make a pretty sound. |
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Don't we all deserve a family room |
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to live. |
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Oh, the words can't stay unspoken |
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until everyone has found |
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that secondhand white baby grand |
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that still has something beautiful |
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to give. |
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I still have something beautiful |
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to give. |