Forty-Five Years

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[Verse 1]

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Where the Earth show it bones of wind broken stone
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and the sea and the sky are one
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I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
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and I'm running naked in the sun
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There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
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and the sky is a painful blue
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I'd like to look around, but Honey all I see is you.


[Instrumental]

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[Chorus]

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And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
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You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
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Ah but Honey what the hell's it for
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After twenty-three years you'ld think I could find a way
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to let you know somehow
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That I want to see your smiling face forty five years from now.


[Verse 2]

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The summer city lights will soften the night
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'Til you'd think that the air is clear
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And I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents
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Will buy another glass of beer
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He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
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That I don't know who I'm talking to
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'Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, All I see is you.


[Chorus]

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And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
               C                             G
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
       Am             Am/G        D/F#
Ah but Honey what the hell's it for
        C                                               G
After twenty-three years you'ld think I could find a way
            C           G
to let you know somehow
        Am                Am/G       D/F#                G
That I want to see your smiling face forty five years from now.

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 3]

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So alone in the lights on stage every night
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I've been reaching out to find a friend
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Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard
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And knows how all the stories end
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Maybe after the show she'1l ask me to go
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Home with her for a drink or two
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Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey, all I see is you.


[Chorus]

       C                                           G       C         G
And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
               C                             G
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
       Am             Am/G        D/F#
Ah but Honey what the hell's it for
        C                                               G
After twenty-three years you'ld think I could find a way
            C           G
to let you know somehow
        Am                Am/G       D/F#                G
That I want to see your smiling face forty five years from now.


       C                                           G       C         G
And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
               C                             G
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
       Am             Am/G        D/F#
Ah but Honey what the hell's it for
        C                                               G
After twenty-three years you'ld think I could find a way
            C           G
to let you know somehow
        Am                Am/G       D/F#                G
That I want to see your smiling face forty five years from now.


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Yes I just want to see your smiling face forty five years from now.