Key: F
Introduction:
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The lady is dying
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She bends back like a wave
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As her spirit is climbing
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Through the hospital wall and away
1st Interlude
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And I wanted to hold you
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As you made your escape
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But now I should have told you
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When your eyes were alive and awake
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Always in life we all must make this mistake
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And so I go it alone
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And the pressure is great
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I hold on to my own
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Oh please oh don't go away
2nd Interlude
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I wanted to know you
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Before you started to fade
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But I gave everything to
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A lie and a farce and a fake
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Always in life we all must make this mistake
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And so I go it alone
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And the pressure is great
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I hold on to my own
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Oh please oh don't go away
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I'd like to see you when all of these angry days blow away