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Life is easy, sitting in New York |
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Streets are loud so I never have to talk |
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Days are long so there's time to forget |
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Lift my eyes to the beautiful sunset |
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Keep my distance except when I want to |
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Feel the colour of what I learned about |
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As a boy in the glow of a screen |
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Set on leaving to make my life the dream |
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Fill my mouth with the language of others |
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Paint my skin with the shade of my lovers |
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Hide the cracks with the smiles that they see |
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Learn to be strong, and learn to be free |
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[Chorus] |
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And I know that to your eyes it seems like I'm alone |
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I know that where you are I feel too far from home |
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And I know I spend these days too far for you to share |
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But somewhere over the water, all my dreams are still in your care |
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[Verse 2] |
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Every year as we crawl to December |
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Count down the days till you think I remember |
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Where I am from, and the life that you gave me |
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If only you knew you were wrong |
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'Cos it's in the music, the words I've been singing |
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It's the colour that never washes out |
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It's the beat of this heart you've been missing |
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It's the taste of the things you're wishing for |
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Though my mouth moves in different directions |
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And my skin knows another's touch by now |
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All the cracks are as plain to see |
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But I learn to be strong, and learn to be free |
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[Chorus] |
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Life is good out here in New York I miss my friends, I miss the rain |
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But I catch a glimpse of you there in the rear view |
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Hear you laugh in the words that I say |
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I hope that you're OK |
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I hope that there's colour in all your days |
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And when I look out to the sea I hope that you're strong and I hope that you're free |
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[Chorus] |
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And I know that to your mind it seems like I'm alone |
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I know that where you are I feel to far from home |
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And I know I spend these days too far for you to share |
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But somewhere over the water all my dreams are still in your care |
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Life is easy over the water |
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Life is easy |