Dad I know you were sad when you died
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And I was young it's the way I kept you in my mind
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The mess that was left and my mother cried
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And when she stood up she was nobody's mother
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I'd be fine
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But I missed you then
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And I miss you now
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Liked you'd missed things I might say
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You're still lost in clouds but I'm older now
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I can see through lifting haze
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That you were away even when you were here
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Sometimes a phrase or a manner that's you
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Comes through me, it goes in a flash
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It's a frame, it's a blink like life
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Oh and how much now should we pay for the past
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Cause you could age with grace if I freed you in my mind
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But I loved you then
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And I love you now
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All the things I wished I'd asked
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When I'm lost in clouds
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I remember how I was robbed and I was blessed
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And you were away even when you were here
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Cause it's not about you, not you, anymore
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It's about what I'd do with it all
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And I, I'll never let you let me down
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This morning I wake to be older than you were
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Flash I'll smell for miles, every footstep would be mine
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You'd have lost that weight, you'd have gone so straight
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You'd have made my wedding day
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You'd have saved my youth from that point of truth
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You'd have kept those wolves at bay
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But you were away, you were away even when you were here
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Away When You Were Here
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| Ben Folds Five |
