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[Intro]
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Awake, awake, you children bold

Take hold of all your books and fold

The corners, they warned us
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A storm is coming on

What do you mean you’ve lost

Your scarlet welly boots, do y’know what they cost?
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Wear a raincoat  or it’ll soak you to the bone


[Verse 1]
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What's it like, the children ask?
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It’s just like falling snow, I am above you
                Em
And I love you, don’t you know

That I’ll be with you all along, as long as you are kind
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To those who are not strong and cannot find their scarlet welly boots


[Chorus]
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Cos when it’s cold
             Em
I’ll wrap my scarf around you
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And when it’s hard
                Em
I’ll place your head into my hands
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And when you scream that it’s not fair
               Em
It’s like I’ve gone off to the coast
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Left you behind just standing there
           Em
Pretending not to see your ghost
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If only you could hear my voice
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But you are screaming far too loud to hear me   swear
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Just because I left doesn’t mean that I’m not still    there


[Verse 2]

I get to watch you grow up now
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And make me proud, make all of those mistakes that make me laugh
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Oh darling lord, how you make me laugh
    Em
Get drunk for me, sing louder than you’ve sung for me
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Grow young each time that thunder in your lungs begins to rumble at the world

             Em
Cos you were always strong
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When you were young, you’d kick things just to see if they would fall

They said ‘That girl, she’s wrong’
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But I’ll stick up for you, even though you haven’t got a clue, you haven't got a fucking clue


[Chorus]
           Em
And I’m so proud of you
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And when they laugh at us
               Em
You’ll feel my fingers down your back
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And when you scream I’m not alright
             Em
And throw my picture at the wall
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‘You were supposed to be my light
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And keep me safe against them all
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How could you leave me here ?' you’ll scream
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And louder, I’ll scream back to you from that unknown

And say
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I know you’re strong enough

I know you’re strong enough
                                                Em
I know you’re strong enough to do this on your


[Bridge] 
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I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own

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I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own

              C
I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own

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I know you’re strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your
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Strong enough to do this on your own


[Outro]

And years from now at night that storm
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Will break, you’ll step outside to feel it shake
                                   Em
And barefoot walk across the lawn
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You’ll miss me, oh Jesus Christ, you’ll miss me
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Just much as all those years ago, and you’ll look up at the storm


You’ll say ‘I’ve been so scared

You left me here behind, do you not care?
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How the fuck am I supposed to carry on without you here?‘
          Em                                                    C
Just when you’re about to give up every hope you have, you turn around
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Perched by the stairs, someone’s gone and left behind
                                        Em
A brand new pair of scarlet welly boots