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[Verse 1]
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  I'm here today
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There's some things I want to get off my chest
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   Some things, are starting real nice
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They say as we get older
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We get wiser and I
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I don't know if that's true
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But I know a fog's been lifted from my eyes

[Verse 2]
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You see it seems that sometimes
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When someone wins
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Someone has to lose
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I'm afraid I've been the winner too much
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But when it comes to me and you, baby
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Oh you've always been there
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There was times that I was gone
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You needed my touch

[Chorus 1]
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But you know I love you
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I know you do
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So tell me you never gave up on me
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I can be everything those people see
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Everything
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   I can't be the man I want to be

[Verse 3]
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I refuse to listen, baby
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You try to tell me so many times
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I was headed down the wrong, weird street
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I got this one way ticket, baby
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I think I might have to cash it in
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Maybe coming home would be the best thing for me

[Verse 4]
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You see I don't want to lose you
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If I do, nobody wins
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Well I know it's up to me to make it right this time
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So give me one more chance, baby
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I swear I won't let you down
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Take my hand,   let me say what's on my mind

[Verse 5]
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I'm here today...
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For so many things I want to say
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Some things I finally realize
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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder
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I don't know if that's really true
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But I know I dried a thousand tears from my eyes

[Chorus 2]
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But you know I love you
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I know you do
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So tell me you never gave up on me
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I can be everything those people see
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Everything
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   I can't be the man I want to be

[Bridge]
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Oh
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          Oh, I hear you, baby
G#  G  A E  C#m
G#  G  A  E
           Oh, yeah

[Chorus 3]
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But you know I love you
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I know you do
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So tell me you never gave up on me
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I can be everything those people see
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Everything
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   I can't be the man I want to be
Oh
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I can't be the man I want to be
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I can't be the man I want to be
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I can't be the man I want to be
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I can't be the man I want to be
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Tell me now

[Outro]
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You know I love you
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I know you do
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So tell me, you never gave up on me