Key: D# Or Eb
Intro: D#
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So let's press undo
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Rearrange the old and call it new
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January white
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Every calendar is playing the same old trick
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A year will disappear replaced with counterfeit
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But we'll never really mind
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Cause if nothing else we're given a little time
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To change the game a chance to redefine
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Everything we are
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In our January white
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This year is a sealed envelope
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A culmination of hopes
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The lottery result that we've been crossing our fingers for
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We could paint our walls a lighter shade of blue
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Or we could pack our bags and change the entire view
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To January white
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If nothing else we're given a little time
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To change the heart in which we change our minds
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Our hourglass turn
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This year is a sealed envelope
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With apprehensive hope
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We brace for anything
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I swear i understand that nothing changes that
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The past will be the past
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But the future is brighter than any flasback
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Well we could let our guards down a little easier this time
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We could trust that when there's joy, there's nothing dark behind
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In spite of history
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Hope is January white
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This year we're starting over again
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Letter openers in hand
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A chance to take a chance
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I swear, I understand that the past will be the past
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And nothing changes that
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But the future is brighter than any flashback.