When the day comes that God calls you home,                                        
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   I hope I am with you, so you won't be alone.                                                      
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  I often try think of what I could do,                                                              ­
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to make that departure easier for you                                                              ­      
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I know you like me to sing to you,                                                             ­         
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if I can, I will, I promise you                                                              ­            
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I'll try not to cry, put on a brave face,                                                            ­
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you are not someone I could ever replace                                                          ­    
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  When I see you make your way to the light,                                            
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I will comfort you, hold you tight                                                            ­                  
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 The stars for me will still shine bright,                                                          ­      
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I know you're up there & are you're all right                                            
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No one else could fill that hole on in me,                                                        
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though I may try, however foolishly                                                        ­        
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Once someone like you touches my heart,                                                
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I'll need someone to love so I don't fall apart                                                      
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My days for me will never be the same,                                                    
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  I'll never forget you, forget your name                                                        
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I'm sure I'll say remember you with a smile,                                                           ­   
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 it will bring you back if even for a little while

Here I am feeling your pain,                                                            ­                  
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that you've afflicted over & over again,                                                      
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I'd like to give you some of the same,                                                    
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but sadly, some love still remains                                                          ­                      
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Claim you do it 'cause you love me
so                                                        
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But all that your love is letting me know,                                                      
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is you love yourself way more than me                                                            
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That you can only fulfill your needs                                                            ­      
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They say time is a good remedy,                                                          ­                      
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but there's not enough time for healing me                                                          
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So here I am, I am letting go,                                                              ­    
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of the only love I have ever known,                                                        
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where I'll end up, you'll never know,                                                            ­
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because if I stay, I will never grow

Lift me up to the highest height,                                                          ­        
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release me, I'm a bird in flight                                                           ­         
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Let the Earth's beauty fill me up,                                                              ­      
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until I'm breathless & had enough                                                           ­             
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Let me soar into the azure skies,                                                           ­   
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spread my wings so I can fly,                                                             ­           
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with soft wings, I sail, gliding by                                                               ­                         
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Everything is different way up here,                                                  
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the beauty of life is much more clear

I've been running around trying to change                                                      
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   but found one mold doesn't always fit                                                              ­            
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There's not a lot I can do about being strange                                                          ­              
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it is what it is & that is this,                                                            ­                        
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I may not have the typical family,                                                          ­      
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I'm not ashamed of being me,                                                              ­                      
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there's no reason for trying to be,                                                              ­              
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someone else other than me                                                               ­               
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I might not share your point of view,                                                  
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that's because I'm me, not you                                                              ­            
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If we were to act exactly the same,                                                      
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we may as well all have the same name                                                             ­           
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You­ might not like how I carry myself                                                  
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but I don't want to be like everyone
else                                                          
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I like the differences I see in me,                                                              ­        
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I am not a clone or a wanna
be                                                               ­       
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You can point at me in judgement,                                                       ­                                   
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pretend you are heaven sent                                                             ­   
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But I know I have common sense,                                                           ­       
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I don't want to live a life as someone I resent

I open up my window & shades                                                           ­           
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and let the fresh air rush in                                                               ­                   
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Feel the sun's warmth on my face,                                                            ­    
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get ready for the day to begin                                                            ­                    
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Smell the fresh cut grass                                                            ­                          
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see it's covered in dew                                                              ­                    
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  a lemon lime zest draft,                                                           ­                       
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  I drink in the view                                                             ­                                         
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The birds are outside singing,                                                         ­                   
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the tree's rustling in the breeze                                                           ­               
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All the while I'm saying                                                           ­                   
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Thank you, God, it's heavenly

The sparkle in her eyes,                                                            ­                      
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get fainter every day,                                                             ­                     
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no one can deny,                                                            ­                                                      
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that she's fading away                                                             ­                           
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Sometimes she doesn't speak,                                                           ­           
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there're times she won't eat                                                              ­                          
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We watch her grow weak,                                                            ­                  
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as we tend to her needs                                                            ­                  
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There're days she lays in bed all day,                                                             ­ 
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up inside her head it's okay                                                             ­               
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Her memories become a haze,                                                            ­          
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bringing smiles that quickly fade                                                             ­         
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I wonder what she's thinking today,                                                           ­ 
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you never know what she'll say                                                              ­          
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Her skin like tissues in my hands,                                                           ­     
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she says things we don't understand                                                       ­     
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  We all love her the best we can,                                                             ­ 
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she is such a strong woman                                                            ­                
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  Pict­ures of family on the wall,                                                            ­        
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  nursing station down the hall                                                             ­           
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We can't invoke new memories                                                         ­                                       
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but that doesn't stop us from trying                                                           ­ 
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Some day's we feel like crying,                                                          ­          
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while we love her while she's dying

With a head full of anger, a heart filled with rage,                                  
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she ran away from home at an early age,                                                
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she headed to Hollywood to take the center stage,                                      
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a predictable ending before the last page                                                    
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She spent all her money on a ticket there,                                                  
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she didn't make plans, she didn't care                                                             ­ 
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Just the kind of person ripe for abuse,                                                           ­     
                                                           ­                                                                 ­ vulnerable, scared & very confused                                                         ­                                           
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He bought her dinner, she sold her soul,                                                            ­                  
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she dressed the part & played the role                                                          
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Now she walks the track, every night of the week,                                                            ­  
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does as she's told, listens when he speaks                                                
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 She longs for the life she used to have,                                                        
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misses her mom, misses her dad                                                              ­                                                                
The drugs he gives her, numbs the pain                                                             ­                           
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from when he beats her, calls her names                                                    
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The stories she could tell you, things she's seen                                          
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make her look much older than seventeen