Why

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You must have been in a place so dark
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You couldn't feel the light
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Reaching for you through that stormy cloud
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Now here we are gathered in our little home town
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This can't be the way you meant to draw a crowd

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Oh why, that's what I keep asking
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Was there anything I could have said or done
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Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
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God only knows what went wrong
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and why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song

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Now in my mind I'll keep you frozen as a 17 year old
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Rounding third to score the winning run
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You always played with passion no matter what the game
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When you took the stage you shined just like the sun

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Oh why, that's what I keep asking
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Was there anything I could have said or done
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Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
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God only knows what went wrong
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and why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song

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D Em7 D   Am C  (hold)

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Now the oak trees a swaying in the early autumn breeze
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The golden sun is shining on my face
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Tangled thoughts I hear the mocking bird sing
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This old world really ain't that bad a place

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Oh why there's no comprehending
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And who am I to try judge or explain
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But I do have one burning question
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Who told you life wasn't worth the fight
           Em
They were wrong
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They lied
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Now you're gone and we cry
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It's just not like you to walk away in the middle of a song

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Your beautiful song
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Your absolutely         beautiful     song