Intro
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Lying on the mattress 'cos my friend's crazy sister took my bed away
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Sleeping she looked like an actress, in theory and in practice, I said
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"There's got to be a better way"
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She said "You light a thousand matches and you finally set fire while you
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run away
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So why'd you go and do it when you knew that you would go and I would stay
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I hit the wall in frustration - the conversation had been circling for days
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She said "Don't take it out on him, for the wall has always been supportive in the best of ways"
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We're laughing and crying like mad men dying in the snow
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For just one second it was funny that she would have to stay and I would go.
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She said "Love, you know I love you so; when you love someone well you've got to let them know."
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And I said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone sometimes you gotta let 'em go"
Bridge
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She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart
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She said "I'm gonna take this home for I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark
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In some faceless hotel room where you seem to lose everything you own"
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She didn't mean it how it sounded, what she meant was she would stay and I would go
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I said "Love, you know I love you so. When you love someone well you've got to let them know
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She said "Nothing's changed I love you the same, but when you love someone sometimes you gotta let them go"
[Refrain]
(Riff#1 *3)
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Sometimes you tear it all apart
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to see the wood from the trees.
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Sometimes you break your own
Verse 3
(quietly - single plucking / strums)
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I walked her to the station, hesitation in our movements and our tone
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Words finally left after they realized how uncomfortable they'd become
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See, what you want and what you need, well they seldomly succeed to grow
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We reluctantly agreed that when you love someone, you've got to let them go
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.