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I spent all of Christmas Eve fake angry at you for 
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Who knows what now or then and you spoke so fast 
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I just sat back relaxed and took you all in 


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I spent all of Christmas Eve trying to get warmer
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After standing outside for hours knowing at this point  
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I’d be lucky to get any sleep 


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And I’ll toss and turn until the early morning 
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Happily ignoring that my blue jeans 
            A
Didn’t do a fucking thing for me 
Against this cold 


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Sober or not, I locked everything you sent me 
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Cause what’s better than seeing
         A 
What I’m missing daily 
I guess what I’m trying to say is that 



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You might run, oh but I won’t hide
        E     E  E
Shed an ounce of light 
           A   A    A
On my half-hopeless life 
Don’t let me go back 


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And though I’d like to say more
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I guess, I’ll just duck and cover
                        E 
Almost praying that you trip over
                                A 
The cluster of words I laid out before having to leave 



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But since you’ve taken the time to read so carefully 
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Everything I’ve ever sent 
             E
I guess I’ll spend the next few lines 
           A
Hoping and wishing 
Yet thanking appropriately 


E   E     E           A A     A
You might run, oh but I won’t hide
        E     E  E
Shed an ounce of light 
           A   A    A
On my half-hopeless life 
Don’t let me go back 


E   E     E           A A     A
You might run, oh but I won’t hide
        E     E  E
Shed an ounce of light 
           A   A    A
On my half-hopeless life 
Don’t let me go back 


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To Erin: Please read later
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Cause I don’t think I have the heart 
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To let you read this now
                 E
But if I had the heart 
                     A
You know that I know better
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This isn’t how you say aloud, you say aloud     x2 


E   E     E           A A     A
You might run, oh but I won’t hide
        E     E  E
Shed an ounce of light 
           A   A    A
On my half-hopeless life 
Don’t let me go back          (Guitar 2 Plays this during the second loop of the previous verse, To Erin…)