| Give me mercy and a minute now
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| I’m a bleed a little poison out
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| I’m a cry a little river down
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| And then I’m setting this whole thing on fire
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| And I’m burning up the night she died
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| And I’m putting every last picture aside
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| I’m gonna say what I need to say
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| In my very last letter to you
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| Cause you always made it clear
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| Said that you’d never be my pain
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| So here’s to you and your bright baby blues
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| And just a pause to cool the refrain
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| And you said you were satisfied
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| And now this body’s just waiting to die
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| And that you missed him sometimes but you said it’s alright
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| It’s just a whole lot harder alone
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| But I wish you knew her now
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| She’s a better side of me now
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| And I’m doing the best I can
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| It’s what you wanted
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| And I see you like you were there
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| And I know just how you’d smile
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| Mary, you looked just like it was 1930 that night
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| But here the days will eat you alive
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| But I won’t give in tonight
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| You said it’s not worth my time
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| And not to regard them
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| And not to settle just for piece of mind
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| But I can wait it out all night
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| If you’ll just keep breathing
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| But Mary I found a sound
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| And this heart keeps pouring it out
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| And the glory hasn’t come and it’s probably gonna fade
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| Like a tattoo that hides the shame
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| And the reasons always fade
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| And the pain gets out some day
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| So I’m saying my goodbyes to your deep blue eyes
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| Cause I don’t know how to say, «Stay still in the pain.
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| Stay still in the pain.»
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| But I wish you knew her now
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| She’s a better side of me now
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| And I’m doing the best I can
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| It’s what you wanted
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| And I see you like you were there
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| And I know just how you’d smile
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| Mary, you looked just like it was 1930 that night
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| If I recall the last thing you said to me
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| Before it broke up, before it took you from me
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| And you said, «I love you more than the stars in the sky
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| But your name just escapes me tonight.» |