Key: D
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As we stood there older than men
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And younger than the boys (that's right)
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We were as still as the wind
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That blows on a hot August night
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And you were lonesome
As a jukebox
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But deadly just the same
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I could be as gentle as a newborn
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Then spit into the eye of a hurricane
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And we knew how to laugh
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And we knew how to cry
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Yeah, we sure knew how to live
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But we don't ever
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I guess you'd say we had a pact
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These words we knew so well (that's right)
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Still they remained unspoken
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And we'd take them to the fiery
Gates of hell
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Once I was afraid of love
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But when it's your brother
Those things change
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'Cause love is just another word
For trust
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So hear me when I say
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Never say die
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Never say no
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You got to look them in the eye
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And don't let go
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When it's your own blood you'll bleed
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And your own tears you'll cry
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When you're brought up to believe
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That it's the strong who survive
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Yeah, and we could run like lightning
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Through the pouring rain
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And we'll be standing like a soldier
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Who comes marching home again
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They ask what it is that I want written
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On the gravestone where I'll lie
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Tell them it's just my bones
That died there
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So save the tears they'll cry
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My spirit is still riding
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Somewhere in this night
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When it's these three words that come to me
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As I kiss this world goodbye
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Never say die
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Never say no
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You got to look them in the eye
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And don't let go
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When it's your own blood you'll bleed
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And your own tears you'll cry
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When you're brought up to believe
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That it's the strong who survive
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