| I’m gon' let you go now, angel
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| Though I could make you stay
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| I could use my blind self-pity
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| And throw it in your way
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| But the times have turned between us
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| And you know I don’t believe
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| That it makes one bit of difference
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| If you stay, or if you leave
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| Oh, why (why)
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| Can’t I be lonely (lonely)
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| Like that lonely rushin' river
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| Ah, that’s pushin' down the mountain
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| On its way to meet the sea?
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| Oh, why (why)
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| Can’t I need someone (someone)
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| Like that river needs that ocean?
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| Oh, why did you have to get so mixed-up, baby
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| With a mixed-up guy
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| (Mixed-up guy)
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| With a mixed-up guy like me?
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| I’m gon' make it short now, angel
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| Though I could make it long
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| I could take you through the changes
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| And show you where you’re wrong
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| But our dreams don’t flow together
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| And you’ll never, never see the light
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| So it really doesn’t matter
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| Who is wrong, and who is right
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| Oh, why (why)
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| Can’t I be lonely (lonely)
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| Like that lonely rushin' river
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| Ah, that’s pushin' down the mountain
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| On its way to meet the sea?
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| Oh, why (why)
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| Can’t I need someone (someone)
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| Like that river needs that ocean?
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| Oh, why did you have to get so mixed-up, baby
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| With a mixed-up guy
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| (Mixed-up guy)
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| With a mixed-up guy like me?
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| Ooh, ooh
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| (Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh)
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| (Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh)
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| (Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh, ooh ooh) |