Key: A
Introduction:
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My mother bought it secondhand
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From a silent movie star
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It was out of tune but still I learned to play
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And with each note we both would smile
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Forgetting who we are
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And all the pain would simply fly away
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Something secondhand and broken
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Still can make a pretty sound
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Even if it doesn't have a place to live
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Oh, the words were left unspoken
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When my Mama came around
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But that Secondhand White Baby Grand
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Still had something beautiful to give
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Through missing keys and broken strings
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The music was our own
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Until the day we said our last goodbyes
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The baby grand was sent away
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A child all alone
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To pray somebody else would realize
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That something secondhand and broken
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Still can make a pretty sound
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Even if it doesn't have a place to live
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Oh, the words are still unspoken
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Now that Mama's not around
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But that Secondhand White Baby Grand
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Still has something beautiful to give
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For many years the music had to roam
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Until we found a way to find a home
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So now I wake up every day
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And see her standing there
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Just waiting for a partner to compose
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And I wish my mother still could hear
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That sound beyond compare
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I'll play her song till everybody knows
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That something secondhand and broken
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Still can make a pretty sound
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Don't we all deserve a family room to live
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Oh, the words can't stay unspoken
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Until everyone has found
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That Secondhand White Baby Grand
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That still has something beautiful to give
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I still have something beautiful to give