[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Yesterday I heard your ringing laughter
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in a crowd screaming out the local ways
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your kindest words of simple life they touched me
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but in your eyes I saw you wanted more
[Verse 2]
E A
So then I told you love is all around you
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To tell by your look i know that it shook your feet away
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your folks they didn’t tell you how to do it
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as years went by - you realized
[Chorus 1]
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that the world was bigger than your hometown
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and that clouds are covering the stars
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but I know that you’ve got your reasons
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to think your life is locked behind bars
[Verse 3]
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in the morning standing at the station
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you realized that I was about to leave you there
E A
you shook my hand and then I told you fare well
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but not for good - you understood
[Chorus 2]
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that the world was bigger than your hometown
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and that clouds are covering the stars
E A
but I know that you’ve got your reasons
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to think your life is locked behind bars
[Bridge]
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your heavy feet are pleading that there’s no use ever leaving
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but proceeding will let you know - oh you know
[Chorus 3]
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that the world is bigger than your hometown
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and that you and me might slowly fade away
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but I know that you’ve got your reasons
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to close your eyes and keep on with your ways