Your Birthday Present

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still i wonder how you are,
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and what became of all of this
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did you cry when winter's hands
              Am                    F
stole you from that fertile grave?
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did your mother hold you dear
                  Am                 F
to ease the burden of your pain?
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swallowed out into the light-happy birthday.

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still i wonder how you are;
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and how you ever came to be.
           G               C
i was nothing but a hole,
                Am              F
you nestled in and fell asleep.

                G                    C
were you sad when you awoke?
       Am                       F
torn away from fertile dreams
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i didn't want to wake you up..i'm still sorry.
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happy birthday.

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F            G                 C
do you wonder how i am
           Am                    F
or what ever became of me?
              G                   C
do you envision my thin face
                Am               F
where the beaten go to drink?
             G                    C
i didn't want to cut that cord,
                      Am                  F
you sucked the life right out of me.
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do you regret choices you've made?
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i guess i was a mistake.
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i guess i was a mistake
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i guess i was a mistake.
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i guess i'm your big mistake.
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well happy birthday anyway.

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happy birthday.
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