Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sitting on
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the wings of a 747 airplane
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Just back from Newtown Connecticut,
Verse 2
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Now I'm looking out the window
on Thanksgiving day
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Was with my girlfriend at the time
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fore she turned 35
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And that things aren't always right
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And I learned it again
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Had to make the best of every day and every
cause baby
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and things are stacking up in mind
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Her picture's always near me,
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given to live just another year
To see her baby turn one,
I swallow my tears
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I might slice you up real nice
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cat named Pete
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My girlfriend's friend is off in Spain
and she left him with me
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And I fall into that kitty cat spell,
Interlude 1
all hypnotized
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Verse 8
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night with my friend Will
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We sang "Mother's Love"
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together and it was beautiful
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He's got a mind of his own
he's in control of his life
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And I respect that much
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He's on his way to play a max
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imum- security prison
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to play the Henry Fonda Theatre
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To join up once again and play nice
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music with my friends
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Or a state pen
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a wonderful time
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Felt love from the crowd and I'm
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pretty sure they felt mine
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Saw my friends Ian and Claire and Mitch
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and Patrick and I gave them all hugs
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There was a message from Will saying he was
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She's gonna kick my ass
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in Scrabble over and over again
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My whole family's in deni
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al about a sick relative
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Just keep working really hard and try not to think
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Verse 12
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Illinois; Winnipeg
[?] I saw all my friends down there and
we played "I Got You Babe"
And we sang songs about oxen,
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and that
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and I still carry around that shiny fishing knife
Sitting on the wings of a United Airline
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Just back from Lincoln, Salt Lake City and Orlando,
where I had a good time
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and a snare and a tom
Brought a volunteer up to play drums
She said that her day job was a mom
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It's
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the first week of February,
Francisco one night
That I lost my friend
There ain't a day that goes by I don't
Outro 1
It's a beautiful world
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