Retraction chords by M. Lockwood Porter

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I  would like to make a retraction
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I   wrote lots of songs with
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the word ""love""
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But they were just a reaction
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To a feeling that I had only heard of

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Verse 2

That I wanted to feel,

but I couldn't find the way

So I thought it wasn't real and I

locked myself away

Verse 3
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The word, to me, became
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Loaded with fear and  disdain
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I'd use it all the time
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To describe my loneli
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ness or make a rhyme

Verse 4
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Now I'm ashamed by this
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lesson that I have learned
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As far as the meaning of that
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word's concerned
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That you'll find no peace,
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though you leave no stone unturned
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'Til you learn to love and
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know your love's returned
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