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[Verse 1]
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Well staving off rejection has always hurt like hell
  G                                C
I took the devil's bargain, made a stranger of myself
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If anything was wrong, I couldn't tell
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So I didn't see you coming but now it's pretty clear
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I traded my own wisdom for a jury of my peers
  Am                         G  C
I ignored you for thirty years


[Chorus]
Em7              D
You don't have to tell me
                     C
How hard it must have been
                 Bm
For you to let me in
Em7             D
Nothing lasts forever
            C
Now I understand
             C
I hurt you again
                  G C G C
My quietest friend


[Verse 2]
G                           C G                               C
Fifth grade in the lunchroom, fickle friends are telling jokes
G                                C
Making you the punchline of some random thing I wrote
          Am                               G   C
They were looking to me to land the final blow
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Just to be included, went straight up to my head
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I thought the joke too stupid for it to matter what I said
      Am                             G C G
I was wrong but I went along with it


[Chorus]
Em7               D
You don't have to tell me
                      C
How hard it must have been
                 Bm
For you to let me in
Em7             D
Nothing lasts forever
            C
Now I understand
            C
I hurt you again
                   G C Em7 D
My quietest friend


[Verse 3]
G        C               Bm
We could write this on reminders
    D
I'd memorize them
G       C              Bm
I could sing them to myself
        D
And whoever's listening
G       C             Bm
I could put them on a record
 D
About my hometown
G       C                Bm
Sitting here with pen and paper
    D            G
I'm listening now