Alone again (naturally)
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Gm
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Fmaj7
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In a little while from now,
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if I’m not feeling any less sour,
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I promise myself to treat myself
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and visit a nearby tower,
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and climbing to the top
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to throw myself off,
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in an effort to
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make it clear to who
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ever what it’s like when you’re shattered
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left standing in the lurch
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at a church with people saying,
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“My God, that’s tough, she stood him up,
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no point in us remaining.
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We may as well go home.”
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As I did on my own,
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alone again, naturally.
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To think that only yesterday
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I was cheerful bright and gay,
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looking forward – who wouldn’t do ?
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The role I was about to play.
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And as if to knock me down
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reality came around,
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and without so much as a mere touch
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threw me into little pieces,
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leaving me to doubt,
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talk about God in his mercy,
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who if he really does exist,
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why did he desert me
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in my hour of need
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I truly am indeed
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alone again,
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naturally.
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Itseems to me that there are more hearts
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broken in the world
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than can be mended,
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left unattended.
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What do we do?
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What do we do?
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Am7
Cm
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Gm7
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Am7
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D7
Gm
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Fmaj7
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Am7
D7
Gm
alone again,
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naturally.
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Looking back over the years
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and whatever else appears,
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I remember I cried when my father died,
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never wishing to hide my tears.
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And at sixty-five years old,
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my mother, God rest her soul,
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couldn’t understand
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why the only man
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she had ever loved had been taken.
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Leaving her to start
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with a heart so badly broken,
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despite encouragement from me,
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no words were ever spoken.
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When she passed away
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I cried and cried all day,
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alone again,
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Am7
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naturally,
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alone again,
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naturally.
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Fmaj7
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Am7
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