Never Give Up On A Good Thing

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Never give up on a good thing
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Remember what makes you happy     
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           (Woh-oh, woh-oh)
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Never give up on a good thing
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  If love is what you got,     
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you've got a     lot


[Verse 1]
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  Money's tight, he's workin' 
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every night, it ain't
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Easy to keep the flame a-live
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  And when he finally comes home 
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to ya
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  He's just too tired to do the 
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things you want to


[Verse 2]
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  You can't help but wonder to 
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yourself
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  How would it be… with someone 
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else
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  Just keep in mind, every storm 
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ends in time
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Love is forever, stay together


[Bridge]
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(Stay together) When you got 
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something real
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(Love forever) That you may never 
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feel    a-gain


[Chorus]
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Never give up on a good thing
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Remember what makes you happy   
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         (Woh-oh, woh-oh)
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Never give up on a good thing
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  If love is what you got,     
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you've got a     lot


[Verse 3]
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  Now you're the man, you've got 
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to understand, she don't
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Me-ean to make a scene
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  Like you, she feels all the 
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weight you're under
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  And when she breaks, is it any 
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wonder?


[Verse 4]
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  I know sometimes it crosses your
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 mind
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  To get on out and stay hard to 
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find
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  Before you try you'd better 
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look in her eye
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Love is forever, stay together


[Bridge]
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(Stay together) You’ve got 
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something real
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(Love forever) That you may never 
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feel      a-gain…


[Instrumental]
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[Instrumental]
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(You've got a lot)
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(Stay together)
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(Love forever)  You’ve got 
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something real
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That you may never feel     a-gain…


[Chorus]
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Never give up on a good thing
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Remember what makes you happy    
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         (Oh, woh-oh)
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Never give up on a good thing
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  If love is what you got,    
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you've got a    lot


[Acapella Harmonies over percussion 
+ staccato horns]
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Don't – give up your good thing
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Don't give it up – oh,   no.   Oh-oh
 woh-oh.
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Don't – give up your good thing
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Be  strong. Oh don’t, don’t live it 
up, don’t give it up.


[Chorus]
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Never give up on a good thing
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Remember what makes you happy
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(Oh, woh-oh) Never give up on a 
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good thing
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  If love is what you got,     
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you've got a    lot