It Could Have Been

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[Verse]
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When we were young, how we could fly
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How we could float along like summer winds and touch the sky
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The world was ours, and how we dreamed
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Our lives were intertwined forever so it seemed

[Verse]
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We made our plans, I'd be a painter or a poet
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Live in Paris, in a cheap hotel or garret
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And you would be my everything, my Muse
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Too wonderful to  lose
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When we were young, so very young

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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It could have been, but so it goes
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It's the mystery of life nobody ever knows
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No "second shows", no "once again"
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We only turn a fleeting glance to what was then

[Bridge]
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One small note of regret
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It could have been and yet
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We kind of lost our way
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From day to day
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The years just faded away
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They had no time to stay
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Time will not wait for lovers' fanciful dreams

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
N.C.         Am                  F
When we were young, how we could fly
             G                                 C             G/B
How we could float along like summer winds and touch the sky
              Am               F
The world was ours, and how we dreamed
               G                         C
Our lives were intertwined forever so it seemed
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Our lives were intertwined forever - when we were young