The Way It Was Before chords by Jack Conte

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Hear it when I crunch the leaves on the ground
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Imagine it's me, once green soon brown
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And the wind will howl but I won't make no sound

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After we pass through this circus
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After they have swept the floor
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It'll all go back to the way it was before

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I keep myself distracted with the mirror pen
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I store the words on paper instead of my head
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It's like a cold glass of milk
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When me and my stomach ache are stuck in bed

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What if all the crazies are really sane
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They see something that the rest of us can't
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And I'll never feel the pain
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Of having to fade away

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After we pass through this circus
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After they have swept the floor
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It'll all go back to the way it was before

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I'm fine being by myself
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Not wasting wishes on women
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When I'm throwing pennies in the well

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I'm fine being by myself
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I still got my tongue, don't I?
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And a story to tell

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After we pass through this circus
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After they have swept the floor
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It'll all go back to the way it was before

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After we pass through this circus
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After they have swept the floor
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It'll all go back to the way it was before

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It'll all go back to the way it was before
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It'll all go back to the way it was before
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