Key: D
Introduction:
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Bill?s been thinking a lot these days
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About the way things used to be
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He?s never been the kind of man
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To put much faith in destiny
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Sometimes he feels the warmth
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Of a fire from long ago
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Sometimes he steps into the night
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And all he feels is the winter cold
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Everybody dance around the fire tonight
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You don?t have to wait ?till it?s your turn
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Everybody dance a little closer to the flame tonight
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But don?t get burned
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Pray that you don?t get burned
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They met in high school
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And they never had a doubt
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There?d be some hard times
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But old Bill would find a way to work things out
Katie had a way about her
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That made old Bill believe
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A small farm and three kids later
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It looked just like the perfect family
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Things fall apart sometimes
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One minute something?s there and then it?s gone
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With the kids in bed that night
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Katie gently shut the door
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She turned to Bill and said
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I?m sorry but I don?t love you anymore
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And now he spends his days
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Just like he?s always done
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You?d never guess the sorrow
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That he?s hid so well from everyone
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The house is empty now
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The kids grown up and gone
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And Bill slips into bed at night
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With Katie right by his side and they hold on
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Everybody dance around the fire tonight
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You don?t have to wait ?till it?s your turn
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Everybody dance a little closer to the flame tonight
G
But don?t get burned
D
Pray that you don?t get burned