Tonart: E major
Intro 1
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Csus2
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Verse 1
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A little girl pulled her
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hand from her mother and told her "not this time,"
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"We can walk without one another,
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I swear that I'll be fine."
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Her mother knew she had grown older
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and let her hands divide
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Her mother knew she couldn't hold
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her or keep her at her side
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A little girl moved away to a town where she
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knew she'd feel secure
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City lights wouldn't let her break down
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but still she wanted more
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'Cause her little girl dreams of growing
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into things that she could reach
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Em
Left those little girl dreams below the
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surface she would breach
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She said,
Verse 3
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"I can't stay here,
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I haven't got the time."
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"Life goes by, dear,
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I won't be left behind"
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Em
"And someday, I'll reach the place
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where I won't have to run."
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"There, I won't be afraid to say that I
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am done."
Verse 4
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So the girl moved in with her lover,
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afraid of being alone
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They built all of her dreams with each
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other and made themselves a home
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But at night when the girl would roll over
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she'd wonder what went wrong
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Every night with a hand on her shoulder
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he'd tell her "life is long"
Verse 5
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Bm
Couldn't stay with a man who would settle
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Csus2
for nothing more than love
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Wasn't part of her plan,
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tied to what she'd grown tired of
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She cried over and over,
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not knowing what words would move him on
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He cried over and over,
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knowing the girl he loved was gone
Verse 6
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She said, "I can't stay here,
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I haven't got the time."
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"Life goes by, dear,
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I won't be left behind"
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Em
"And someday, I'll reach the place
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where I won't have to run."
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"There, I won't be afraid to
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say that I am done."
Verse 7
Em
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Couldn't give her a reason more to stay
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Every bit of her heart the girl
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grew more and more afraid
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Couldn't give her the patience or a guide
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Every bit of her heart she felt
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Bm
an other second die
Verse 8
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Em
I heard her shout, I'd get out, let me out,
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get meout!
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Em
"And someday, I'll reach the place
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where I won't have to run."
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Bm
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"There, I won't be afraid to say that I
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am done."
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Verse 9
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When she loses her way,
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there won't be a train to take her back
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Bm
When she loses her way,
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she'll have a new angle of attack
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She'll never remember the people
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who almost had her caught
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Em
She'll never surrender to all of the joy
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D
they may have brought
Verse 10
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She said, "I can't stay here,
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I haven't got the time."
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"Life goes by, dear,
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I won't be left behind"
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Em
"Someday, I'll reach the place
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G
where I won't have to run."
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Bm
"There, I won't be afraid
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to say that I am done."
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