Sara Bareilles - Love Song
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Head under water,
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And they tell me to breathe easy for a while.
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The breathing gets harder, even I know that.# Y5 q' s" M. S; Z
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You made room for me but it’s too soon to see,. E' v# [4 d# t
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If I’m happy in your hands.
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I’m unusually hard to hold on to.9 n4 b/ Y3 H. D! f1 @6 i
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No easy way to say this.
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. }1 a) [6 D) U' PYou mean well, but you make this hard on me.
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I'm not gonna write you a love song,
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'Cause you need one, you see.
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# l% D- T/ l I7 N* Y: w6 ^/ KMake or break in this.
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7 R0 ~2 J% C& uIf you’re on your way,
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2 m6 b2 ?4 q( yI'm not gonna write you to stay.
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If all you have is leaving,
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I’m gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today.( H# N' G$ `) w/ w6 N5 o% V
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Today.
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I learned the hard way,2 O# q; [9 N6 W( h5 ]
That they all say things you want to hear.
5 B3 E5 U$ }: E; }! cMy heavy heart sinks deep down under you,4 T5 y5 M& o" m! a3 ~
And your twisted words, your help just hurts.
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Hello to high and dry.: \' j% v8 o- c$ J0 k- F
9 |9 `1 H( U0 k/ GConvinced me to please you.
3 h- G' k9 q1 g& @ A5 RMade me think that I need this too.
: h5 h1 t8 i7 N" X4 ]% R: j% N* QI’m trying to let you hear me as I am.
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I'm not gonna write you a love song,
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'Cause you need one, you see.
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. j8 T" E3 U6 y( ?'Cause you tell me it's,
; q; x! h6 @" }* z3 u9 ^Make or breaking this.
6 Z- S x% s( H' ^9 lIf you’re on your way,
) B9 {3 v5 o- T; xI'm not gonna write you to stay.
/ p1 G- ~4 A4 PIf all you have is leaving,
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Promise me you'll leave the light on,
O, ~$ p- f; z. g) y. X' P& uTo help me see with daylight, my guide, gone.! b3 _/ Z/ _( ] Z1 n8 E. x
'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say,; ]; Q' B' p/ i. |
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I won't write you a love song,
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I'm not gonna write you a love song,! B7 `" M3 ]2 E
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this.2 e+ E6 H) d$ T* j/ ^: E' P
Is that why you wanted a love song,. i! _9 M0 A5 G: J- Q1 S
'Cause you asked for it,
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I’m not gonna write you a love song,) `4 S! ]8 P8 a0 @
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this.
! W. {; D+ ^4 O- q: C" |) SIf you’re on your way,
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If your heart is nowhere in it,
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Babe, I’ll walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to,, m; p8 ]: E0 r8 n
Write you a love song today.5 f5 L2 R, W' K% _0 y. {
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