Key: D
Introduction:
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And I love you so, the people ask me how
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How I've lived 'till now, I tell them I don't know
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I guess they understand, how lonely life has been
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But life began again, the day you took my hand
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And yes, I know how lonely life can be
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The shadows follow me, and the night won't set me free
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But I don't let the evening get me down
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Now that you're around me and you love me too
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Your thoughts are just for me, you set my spirit free
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I'm happy that you do, the book of life is brief
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And once a page is read, all but love is dead
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That is my belief. and yes, I know how lonely life can be
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The shadows follow me, and the night won't set me free
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But I don't let the evening get me down
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Now that you're around me
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