We were in a race to grow up
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Yesterday, through today, 'til tomorrow
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But when the plant blew up
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A piece of shrapnel flew and slowed that part of you
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The doctors gave you until the end of the night
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But not 'til daylight (not 'til daylight),
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Not 'til daylight (not 'til daylight)
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Time passes slower in the flicker of the hospital light
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I pray the race is worth the fight
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Made a fool of myself down on Tennessee Street
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It wasn't pretty like the movies
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It was ugly, like what they all did to me
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And they did to me what I wouldn't do to anyone
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You know that's for sure
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Tell me all the time not to worry
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And think of all the time I'll, I'll have with you
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When I won't wake up on my own (wake up on my own), wake up on my own
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Held close all the time, knowing I'm half of you
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Lay me down where the trees bend low
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Put me down where the greenery stings
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I can hear them, singin'
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To love me is to suffer me, and I believe it
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When I lay with you in that old, blank room
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Wishin' I was the way you say that you are
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You'll go fight a war, I'll go missing
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I warned you, for me, it's not that hard
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That picture on the wall you're scared of, looks just like you
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I wanna bleed, I wanna hurt the way that boys do
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Maybe you're right and we should stop watchin' the news
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'Cause, baby, I've never seen brown eyes look so blue
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Tell me all the time (tell me all the time) not to worry (not to worry)
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And think of all the time I'll, I'll have with you
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When I won't wake up on my own (wake up on my own), wake up on my own
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Held close all the time, knowin' I'm half of you
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Think of us inside (think of us inside), after the wedding (after the wedding)
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Sufferin' the while to lie a time or two
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When we won't wake up on our own (wake up on our own)
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Wake up on our own (wake up on our own)
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Held close all the time, knowin' (knowin')
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This was all for you
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Think of us inside
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Gardenias on the tile, where it makes no difference who held back from who
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To love me is to suffer me
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