My dad was at the piano
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The night he met my mom
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She asked him to play I¡¯ll see you again
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That old Nole Cowell song
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He told him he was conceded
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He slung one back at her
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He didn¡¯t mind that her singing wasn¡¯t good
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When he got a good look at her
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She learned that song when she was a kid
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Lost her dad when she was young
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Never got to say goodbye
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Maybe that¡¯s why was her son
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She sing..
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I¡¯ll see you again
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Whenever spring breaks through again
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Though the years my tears may dry
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I shall love you til I die.. goodbye
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I¡¯m out in California
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I¡¯m driving a dead meat
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His crying, he thought I was the first to go
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How could this happen to me?
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And said she told me never to bring him here
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Cause we drive up to that home
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People go to die
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But she keeps hanging on
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My dad looks down at the floor
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As he holds on to her hand
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She says to me how could he leave me here?
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No, he never went there again
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I¡¯ll see you again
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Whenever spring breaks through again
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Though the years my tears may dry
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I shall love you til I die.. goodbye
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One year later in my brother¡¯s house
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My dad¡¯s in his dying bed
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As if she¡¯s already dead and gone
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Not a word about her is said
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Later that day I visit her
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My brother comes along
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She thinks she¡¯s home with my dad
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Can¡¯t remember he¡¯s ever gone
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My brother picks up his guitar
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He¡¯s saying I¡¯ll see you again
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My mom remembers all the words
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Right down to the end
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I¡¯ll see you again
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Whenever spring breaks through again
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Though the years my tears my dry
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I shall love you til I die.. goodbye
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Goodbye..
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Four years later I hold her hand
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She¡¯s asleep, just soon be gone
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I don¡¯t know if she can hear me
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But I sing for her that song
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And I tell her my goodbyes
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I¡¯ll love you til I die
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I'll See You Again
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Lucy Kaplansky |