| My mom had a stroke awhile back and this is a song I wrote
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| When she was still in the hospital
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| It’s a cool, warm morning on a January day
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| And for the first time, I’ve got nothing to say
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| So, I slowly eat my breakfast as they talk about the game
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| And I pray you might have spoken my name
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| And everybody wants to go on laughing
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| When everything says it might be time to cry
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| But I feel alive, see it inside my eyes
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| The saddest eyes you’ve ever seen
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| And I can’t let go of someone I need to know
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| It’s not time for you to go, so don’t leave me, Maureen
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| When the sun awoke this morning and gently touched my face
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| For a moment, I didn’t recognize this place
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| So, I looked inside the mirror and who’d you think I’d see
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| The very best parts of you staring at me
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| And everybody wants to go on laughing
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| When everything says it might be time to cry
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| But I feel alive, see it inside my eyes
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| The saddest eyes you’ve ever seen
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| And I can’t let go of someone I need to know
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| It’s not time for you to go, so don’t leave me, Maureen
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| Well, about two weeks later, she died and in the midst of
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| All the sadness and the heartache, I was glad about one thing
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| I was glad that I’d taken the time to tell my parents just
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| How much I love them whenever I could. |
| You see, the, the
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| People in your life, the people in your life that you love
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| Well, you gotta let them know how you feel cause one day
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| That opportunity, it’s gonna be gone
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| And everybody wants to go on living
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| When everything says it might be time to die
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| But I feel alive, I see it inside my eyes
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| The saddest eyes you’ve ever seen
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| And I won’t let go of someone I need to know
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| It’s not time for you to go, so don’t leave me (don't leave me)
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| Don’t leave me (don't leave me)
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| Don’t leave me (don't leave me), Maureen |