Birthday Prayer (2012) chords by Sara Melson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I've
not been honest with myself
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Not with you, nor with anyone else
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I haven't had respect for time
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I can't bind the wind,
I can't catch the sand
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But I'm learning to write
with my left hand
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And one day,
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I'll learn the art of dying
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Please God, take care of me
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Enter me so I may be free
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Help me breathe in slowly without fear
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Why can't I accept the truth?
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Even I will lose my youth,
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I better learn this lesson while I'm here
I hear the ghost of my beloved dog,
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crackling leaves as we
walk through the fog
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Memories fade to dreams
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year after year
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Seems like lifetimes ago,
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one day so will this moment now
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A distance so far and yet so near
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Please God take care of me,
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enter me so I may be free
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Help me breathe in slowly without fear
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Why can't I accept the truth?
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Even I will lose my youth
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I better learn this lesson while I'm here
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Oh, I better learn this les
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son while I'm here
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I've been a temperamental loner
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And a superstitious stoner
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I have run from the law just
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to write a  song
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Trying to  see without my glasses
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As the world outside my window passes
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Why do I struggle just to get along?
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Please God, take care of me
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Enter me so I may be free
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Help me breathe in slowly without fear
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Why can't I accept the truth?
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Even I will lose my youth
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I better learn this lesson while I'm here
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Oh, I better learn this lesson
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while I'm here
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Yeah, I better learn this lesson while I'm here