Toh Kay - If Only For Memories

0Intro:
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2When you were born you were not alone
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3Nothing was carved into the stone quite yet, but don't forget
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4You heard someone say it won't get better than this
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5That was the sound of your father
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6As he held you up to your mother
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7No one will ever know,
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8a love a pure as the one that you felt right then
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11They held you up, they held you up
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12And everybody else they fell to the wayside
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13This is the start the beginning
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14The prologue to the tale that you're spinning
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15a million synonyms will never come close to describe the feeling
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18      Don't ever leave, cause if you do dear
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19I guarantee that you'll regret the day you did
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20and you'll miss all the simple things
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21And you'll see everything you've ever loved
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22start fading till there's nothing left oh
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24Chorus:
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25And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
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26And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
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27And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see
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28And I keep them in my head love
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30If only for memories
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33So now you're young and you feel alone
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34Despite friends family and all the good things now surrounding you
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35You can't help thinking that there's gotta be some more to do
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36When all the things that you cherish
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37Turn into burdens and there is
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38No other path to take,
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39you know what you've got to do but you don't know how
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42They hold you back they hold you down
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43And you're gonna feel bad but you know that you've gotta get out
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44This is your pain your dilemma
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45Do you stay in the town where they raised ya
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46Or will you sail away, pull the anchor and go headed for the come-what-may?
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49      You have to leave, cause if you don't dear
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50you'll never see the things you read about in books
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51you saw the films and you were hooked
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52but everything you want won't come to you
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53you realize now that you've gotta go see this through
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55Chorus:
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56And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
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57And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
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58And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see
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59And I keep them in my head love
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61If only for memories
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63Interlude:
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G133  D134  F#135 Bm136  -x3-
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65So now you're old raising your own
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66Two souls to make yourself a home, you finally settled down
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67you've seen the world but your heart never left this town
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68They have the eyes of their mother
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69The kind of crooked teeth of their father
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70No one will ever know
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71a love as pure as the one that you feel for them
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74You'll hold them up you'll hold them up
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75And everybody else will fall to the wayside
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76There is no end no beginning
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77On this merry-go-round we call living
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78Some day you will return, every single ounce of the love you were given
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81      Someday they'll go, and when they leave home
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82you will be grateful for the lesson that you learned
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83you had to travel half the world
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84to realize what you knew all along
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85that everything will end up where it belongs
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87Chorus:
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88And I believe that every broken bone is meant to be
Bm183          D184                A185
89And when it heals it will be stronger than it was before
Bm186    D187        A188                G189                 Bm190
90And I see, the things that I pretend that I don't see
Bm191    D192                A193
91And I keep them in my head love
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93If only for memories
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95Outro:
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