And you see that you're leaving
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And you that you're gone
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And you see there's no saying goodbye
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All the trees in mourning
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The light is late from the sun
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Casting shadow on shadow down from the sky
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And it's hard not to want to turn around
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And it's hard not to want to back on down
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We're only as strong as our hearts within
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Only as strong
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And all you know of where the road goes
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Is some place far and unknown
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You would think
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You would have gotten used to it all by now
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But each day it just gets harder
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Every journey alone
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Never knowing if you'll make it
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Back home somehow
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And it's hard not to want to turn around
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And it's hard not to want to back on down
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We're only as brave as we think we are
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Only as brave
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And it's hard not to want to turn it down
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For some guaranteed, soul crushing
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Merry-go-round
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It would have driven you
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Straight into the ground
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Driven your down
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And the three greatest gifts of moving on
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Are forgiveness, hope and the great beyond
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After that perhaps peace can come
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Peace will come
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And you see that you're leaving...
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And you see that you're gone...
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Leaving Song
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Mary Chapin Carpenter |