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Artist: Blondie
Canonical path: /blondie/when-i-gave-up-on-you
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When I Gave Up On You
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When I Gave Up On You
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When I gave up on you
I took my time
Waiting for reasons to
Change my mind
But there were none
Not even one
So it was clear to me
That we should be done
Even though it was breaking my heart
You were perfect at the start
So right and that's why
Goodbye
So hard to say
And that's the reason
I haven’t known that he walked away
Away
When I gave up on you
I gave up slowly
Waiting for reasons to
Keep us going
But there were none
Not even one
So it was clear to me
That we should be done
Even though it was breaking my heart
You were perfect at the start
So right and that's why
Goodbye
So hard to say
And that's the reason
I haven’t known that he walked away, away
I tried
Hard as I could
Sometimes people try
Harder than they should
We were one on a million but now I see
One in a million wasn't good enough for me
We were one on a million
And you know it's true
One on a million wasn't good enough for you
When I gave up on you
I took my time
Waiting for reasons to
Change my mind
But there were none
But there were none
Goodbye
So hard to say
And that's the reason
I haven’t known that he walked away, away
I tried
Hard as I could
Sometimes people try
Harder than they should
Than they should
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