Leaving Love Behind

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[Verse 1]
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Although the years have changed now and we go by different names
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I remember the sound of our roof in the rain
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And my mind goes back in time to a place so far gone
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Where the love we left behind us was still new

[Verse 2]
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We were listenin' to a record on the end of your bed
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Not givin' thought to where it was all goin'
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 And I wished right then and there so badly I could read your mind
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Just so I could know the things that you were knowin'

[Chorus]
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I believe, yes, I do
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The hardest part is always leaving love behind
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I believe, yes, I do
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That everything we lose will be a gift in time
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But the hardest part is leaving love behind

[Verse 3]
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When it was time to say goodbye, those words came down like stones
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I admit for so long after it was hard to feel at home
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We would hear the highway's song shifting down in the night
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I was grateful that the echoes broke the quiet

[Chorus]
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I believe, yes, I do
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The hardest part is always leaving love behind
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I believe, yes, I do
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That everything we lose will be a gift in time
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But the hardest part is leaving love behind

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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The sun fades on me now and I miss you like words can't know
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And I missed my shot at dyin' young a long time ago
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It's just a lesson learned in love, it's not angry, it's not sad
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Sometimes you gotta lose something to know what you have

[Chorus]
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I believe (I believe), yes, I do
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The hardest part is always leaving love behind
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I believe (I believe), yes, I do
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Oh, that everything we lose will be a gift in time
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(I believe) I believe (Yes, I do)
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The hardest part is leaving love behind