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Artist: K'NAAN
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Going Away (feat. Nelly Furtado)
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Going Away (feat. Nelly Furtado)
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[Nelly Furtado]
I saw you yesterday
Your eyes all looked (?)
Oh no
Was it too much for you to tell
Or did you want a plan to go away?
[K'naan]
Yeah, uh
I knew I had to leave you
I (?)
Get caught up in the streets
I couldn't really breathe
Oh no (oh no)
So then I took a gun
Looked up into the sun
The tears began to run
Remember when I was a little one
Oh no
That day the mist in the moring
Made me feel like I was alone
And my soul then started a swallowing
Was it you behind me calling?
That day the mist in the moring
Made me feel like I was alone
And my soul then started a swallowing
Was it you...?
[Nelly Furtado]
Are you going away?
Are you going away?
Are you going away?
Are you going away?
K: Remember there was that one summer you went away to school
N: My parents got a new job and I had to change schools
K: And there was that one time you went away to camp
N: Letters every day until I got back
K: But she said I keep in touch, well my life got too grown
N: But you were always uptown
K: No, I guess I've had enough
[Nelly Furtado]
That day in the mist of morning
Was it you behind me calling?
Remember when we used to swing in the loan
And sing that song til one of us was home and
K: I remember
[Nelly Furtado & K'naan]
La la la la la la la la la la la la (x3)
La la la la la la la
[Nelly Furtado]
Are you going away?
Are you going away?
Are you going away?
Are you going away?
[Nelly Furtado & K'naan]
Are you going away? (are you going away?)
Are you going away? (are you going away?)
Are you going away? (are you going away?)
Are you going away? (are you going away?)
N: I think I saw you on the bus today
K: I think I felt you in the wind today
N: I think I saw you in the street today
K: I think I felt you in the trees today
N: I think I felt you in the rain today
K: I think I saw you in the grocery store
N: I saw you in the back of a cab
K: I saw you in the back of that cab
N: And you waved
K: Guess I'm going away
N: Away
K: Guess I'm going away
N: Bye-bye
K: I guess I'm going away
K: Guess I'm going away...
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