Key: Eb
Introduction:
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My life started when I went for jog
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And spotted you in the park
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Sitting with a dog
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So I stopped and asked, "can I pet your dog?"
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And so there we were, me and this golden retriever, basking in the abundance of sun Austin provides.
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And suddenly, you blurted out
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"This isn't my dog, actually
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It's my friend's dog, Sheila
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I'm taking care of her while he's away
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She's on a lot of medication"
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And I laughed, and you laughed
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Saying you didn't wanna be found out when you asked me to coffee
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That there was no dog
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I said yes and you said, "I'm Jase. What's your name?"
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And I heard the perfect opportunity
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To be someone else entirely
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Free from my history
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For one single cup of coffee
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I would be Natalie
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Obviously that's not how it went down.
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One cup of coffee turned into two bottles of wine,
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three desserts and staying up talking until four in the morning.
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Too late to backpedal. Too good not to keep going
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It felt like my life, but a better version
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With you in my life, I was a better person
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I heard music in the words you were saying
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Melodies with no band playing
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For the first time, I was in love
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And I loved who I was with you
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All the mundane shit I used to hate
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Like recycling plastic and flossing every day
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Making breakfast, paying bills
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Watering the plants on our window sill
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Was invigorated with your sense of wonder
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Pillow talk, afternoon walks
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Holding hands in the parking lot of Home Depot
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Dealing with inevitable misfortunes that were barely manageable
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Like that time we accidentally hit a squirrel with your car
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That was an unfortunate anecdote
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Do you know what I mean?
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It felt like my life, but a better version
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With you in my life, I was a better person
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I heard music in the words you were saying
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Melodies with no band playing
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For the first time, I was in love
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And I loved who I was with you
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My parents finally tracked me down
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After years of jumping from town to town
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They found you and me
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Men in suits at our front door
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Asking you about Judith Ford
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And I knew instantly
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They say before you die
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Your whole life flashes before your very eyes
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Well, it didn't the first time
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But this time I heard each and every lie
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I'd ever told you
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I tried to cling to the life I'd made together with you
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So I did the only thing I knew how to
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I denied who I was because
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I wanted to keep my life, but the better version
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Natalie, your wife, she was a better person
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I memorized your voice
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And how you say goodbye
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But you never said goodbye
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You never said goodbye
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And I held on to our life
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And who I was with you
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Who I was with you
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Who I was with you