Key: G
Introduction:
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I knitted you a hat all blue and gold
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To keep your ears warm from the Binghamton cold.
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It was my first one and it was too small.
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It didn't fit you at all, but you wore it just the same.
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I remember the first time we danced.
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I remember tunneling through the snow like ants.
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What I don't recall is why I said,
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"I simply can't sleep in this tiny bed with you anymore.".
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You--- that you were
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My--- first love.
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So it's Christmas time, it's been three years.
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And someone else is knitting things for your ears.
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I have come to learn I'll only see you
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interrupting my dreams at night, and that's alright.
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And that's alright. And that's alright. And that's alright.
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You--- that you were
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My--- first love.
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And it's alright. And it's alright. And it's alright.
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(And it's alright.) We were seventeen again together.
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(And it's alright.) We were seventeen again together.
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(And it's alright.) We were seventeen again together.
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You--- that you were
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My--- first love.
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You--- that you were
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My--- first love.
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We were seventeen again.
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We were seventeen again.
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We were seventeen again.