Capo 5th and Transpose -5 to play Gems on VHS Version
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I clear my throat as I hold the phone
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And I've got so much to say,
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but my courage fails and I'm silent anyway.
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And I've been giving in to old mistakes,
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there's comfort in familiar pain,
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oh it's the new kind of lonely that will drive my mind insane.
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oh it's the new kind of lonely that will drive my mind insane.
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I attempt to sleep through the fever dreams,
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but never quite win that fight.
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So I compensate with nicotine and China white.
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And as the moonlight shines upon my tired eyes,
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I marvel before the view.
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And I wonder if the light is shining on you too.
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Yeah, I wonder if the light is shining on you too.
[Chorus]
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They say you just have to wait it out
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It'll fade away like everything else.
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But it's no easier now.
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No, it's no easier now.
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It's no easier now.
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And you'd think after all this I'd have settled down.
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[Verse 2]
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I'm carrying on the best I can,
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but that ain't saying much,
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As most of my weight's still leaning on a crutch.
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So I beg myself to just be brave,
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though it seems I'll never start.
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'Cause it's the new kind of lonely that weighs heavy on my heart.
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Oh, it's the new kind of lonely that weighs heavy on my heart.
[Chorus]
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They say that time really ought to help,
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and I'll forget in spite of myself
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But it's no easier now
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No, it's no easier now.
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It's no easier now.
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And you'd think after all this time I'd have settled down.?