C (Intro)
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He was stepping up on the st-age When I asked
him how it fe--e--ls
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He didn't say anything
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His face was showing his a-ge With the
loneliness and ch--i--lls
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He didn't say anything
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Then the magic of his mu-sic Echoed across the
hall
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And in the brightness of the sp-otlight I knew
he'd never f--a--ll
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'Cause it was
everything
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Was in the fall of seventy si-x When I bought
my first guit--a--r
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I couldn't play anything
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And now I look arou-nd me And here we both
a--r--e
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In the center of everything
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And all those years it se-emed That I was just
hangin' round
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And so many times I fe-ll And had to get up
off the gr--ou--nd
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'Cause it was everything
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Sometimes I look at your pi-cture And I wonder
where you a--r--e
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It doesn't say anything
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But you know I can't ima-gine If you're near
or f--a--r
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It doesn't mean anything
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And all those years it se-emed That we were
just hangin' round
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And so many times we fe-ll And had to get up
off the gr--ou--nd
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'Cause it was everything