When I Write the Book chords by Nick Lowe
Verse 1
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Well, I can remember like
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it was only yesterday
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Love was young and foolish
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like a little child at play
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But oh, how love has changed,
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never dreamed how easily
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For now I'm just the shadow
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of the boy I used to be
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And oh, when I write a book
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about my love
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It will be about a man
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who was torn in half
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About his hope and ambition
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wasted through the years
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The pain will be written
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on every page in tears
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When I write a better book about my love
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I was a fool to myself
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when I kept on running round
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And I felt a little better
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when I tried settling down
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Maybe some magic mo ments
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have I known
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but not for long
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For all too soon
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the magic was in a moment gone
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And oh, when I write a book
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about my love
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It'll be a heartbreaking story
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of bad love and luck
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When I get down on the pages,
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all that I've felt
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It's gonna make the hardest heartache
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a critic's heart melt
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When I write, when I write the book
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Mmm, the book about my love
When I write the book
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about my love
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When I was young, love was fun
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and I was so happy
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I looked so good, I dressed so snappy
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Two -tone shoes on my feet
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and a big ol' smile on my face
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I was oozin' and cruisin'
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all over the place
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But now I'm down at heel,
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my complexion is bad
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Was my love life, a sad boy, sad, but
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When I write the book about my love
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It'll be a pop publication,
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toughen and tough
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When I get down on the pages, all that I miss
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Is going straight to the top of
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the bestsellers list
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When I write
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When I write the book
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The book about my love
When I write the book
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A thousand words a day easily
When I write a book
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Mmm, I talk about my love now
When I write a book
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Yeah, the book about my love now
When I write a book
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Oh, the book about my love
When I write a book
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When I write a book about my love
Thank you!
When I Write the Book
Nick Lowe
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