For taking the trouble, for hanging on and tryin'
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Now you've been working through the rubble of a shattered mind
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Yeah Baby, tell me why the tears are falling from your eye
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Tears of laughter, tears of grief, are they the tears of a captured thief?
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You thought that you were home free, thought you had her well in hand
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But there were things about her you didn't understand
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Yeah Baby, tell me how you're gonna keep that promise now?
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To live your life without regret and make it work with what you get
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You didn't then, but now you know
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When she began to lie-you really should have let her go
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You're learnin' how to talk about it, you're learnin' how to bend
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It's like you're learning how to walk all over again
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Yeah Baby, tell me who you're gonna give your lovin' to?
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That girl who catches every eye
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Or the one you can set your compass by
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You set it by her soulful smile
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The fire in her eye
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And the way she goes that extra mile
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The love you wanted this to be
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Is somewhere down the line
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You'll find her eventually
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Your grandma and her grandma
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Sittin' 'round heaven discussin' the law
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Lovin' that girl was not your crime,
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Livin' without her gonna take some time
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Lovin' that girl next thing you knew,
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You'd turned away from the thing you do
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Lovin' that girl, you couldn't see
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Living without her gonna make you free
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For Taking The Trouble
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| Jackson Browne |