If I take this opportunity to tell you what happened,
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will it destroy our unity?
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Will there be nothing left to tap into?
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I hate to lay this on you, but I've been holding back these tears.
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This morning I awakened from a dream so real
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it's in my memory and has been for fifteen years,
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and i don't mind if you have to tell someone --
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I had to tell someone.
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That's why I'm telling you.
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Times were different then, and I was very young,
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but I'm older now.
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I'm angry now.
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I don't know what to do.
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I never thought I'd hate him,
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but I've got to tell you brother,
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my childhood has been taken.
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I know now I was the other lover,
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and I fought him the best way I could.
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I got the hell out of there but it still cuts me like cold steel,
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and I split like wood.
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Sometimes I wonder if he knows or cares.
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And it's alright if you have to tell someone --
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I had to tell someone.
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That's why I'm telling you.
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Times were different then, and I was very young,
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but I'm older now.
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I'm angry now.
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I don't know what to do, he thinks it all surrounds him.
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That's just the way it is, don't want my kids around him.
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But I can tell you this -- I don't expect you to feel the way I feel,
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but I didn't know what else to do.
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They say these things take time to heal.
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I can start by telling you,
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I can start by telling you,
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I can start by telling you.
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Telling You
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| Shawn Mullins |
