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Artist: David Ball
Canonical path: /ball-david/12-12-84
Related lyric paths: 6
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12-12-84
Read 12-12-84 lyrics by David Ball on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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12-12-84
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12-12-84 ten o'clock at night
Funny how you can remember certain moments in your life
I wish I could go back to take back the words I said
Though it's been years since that night they still echo in my head
Time is a teacher and time has taught me well
What brings a man to his knees is often brought on by himself
If a second chance were offered she could love me like before
I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-84
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A cold wind was blowing it whistled through the pines
I told her I don't need her and she told me goodbye
I remember embers dying in the ashes and the coals
And like smoke up the chimney I watched a true love go
Time is a teacher...
I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-84
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