Intro
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The flicker of the candle looks like a one way conversation
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Reacting to something nobody else could see
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While I sit at the table and relive the whole situation
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Until the valet who wants to go home comes in and gives me my keys
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And tonight every single star is shining
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The power lines all sizzle and buzz
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And now that it's too late, maria
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I see it all for what it was
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There's nothing sadder than a streetlight shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk
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Or maybe the fog that I've been living in has lifted for the first time in weeks
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Every day has been a step forward perfecting the art of the small talk
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So I never have to say something I really mean
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But I remember all of those final words you told me
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How I was green enough to be blue
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But now that it's too late Maria
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I can see how that was true
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Now When I am in your city I come across the company you've been keeping
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They all hit it off so well with some infamous ghost of my past
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It's hard to imagine what you could have possibly told them
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Some wonder how I'm doing but most don't even ask
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But now every single door stands open
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I even signed some autographs
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And now that it's too late, Maria
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We can both look back and laugh
(solo)
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There's always more to say but I'm just skipping to the ending
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When you move back to Texas and I meet a girl who wants to change her name
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When we both start to forgert the problems that were never worth having
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And everybody goes on living watching nothing really change
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There will always be a part of you thats with me
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And sure as hell had better feel the same
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and now that it's too late Maria
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There is no one here to blame
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Note: There are some G#sus thrown in from time to time I think
idea for main riff
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