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Simple Song

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Simple Song

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Well this is just a simple song

To say what you've done

I told you about all those fears

And away they did run

You sure must be strong

You feel like an ocean

Being warmed by the sun

When I was just nine years old

I swear that I dreamt

Your face on a football field

And a kiss that I kept

Under my vest

Apart from everything, but the heart in my chest

I know that things can really get rough when you got it alone

Don't go thinking you gotta be tough, to bleed like a stone

Could be there's nothing else in our lives, so critical

As this little hole

My life in a upturned boat

Marooned on a cliff

You brought me a great big flood

And you gave me a lift

Girl, what a gift

Will you tell me with you tongue

And your breath was in my lungs

And we float up through the rift

I know that things can really get rough when you got it alone

Don't go thinking you gotta be tough, to bleed like a stone

Could be there's nothing else in our lives, so critical

As this little hole

Well this would be a simple song to say what you've done

I told you about all those fears

And away they did run

You sure must be strong

You feel like an ocean

Being warmed by the sun

Remember walking a mile to your house, aglow in the dark

I made a fumbling play for your heart

And the act struck a spark

You wore a charm on the chain that I stole, special for you

Love's such a delicate thing that we do

With nothing to prove

Which I never knew

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