When I Write The Book

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[Verse 1]
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Now I can remember  like it was only yesterday
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 Love was young and foolish  like a little child at play
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 But oh how lovers change, I never dreamed how easily
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 But now I'm just a shadow  of the boy I used to be, oh yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
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And when I write the book about my love
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It will be about a man who was torn in half
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About his hopes and ambitions wasted through the years
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The pain will be written on every page in tears
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Oh, when I write (when I write the book),
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Oh, when I write the book about my love
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(When I write the book about my love)

[Verse 2]
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I was a fool to myself   when I kept on runnin' around
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 And I fared little better  when I tried settlin' down
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 Maybe some magic moment, I've never known one, not for long
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 For all too soon the magic  was in a moment gone, oh yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
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And when I write the book about my love
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It'll be a heartbreaking story about love and luck
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When I get down on the pages all I felt
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It will make the hardest-hearted of critics' hearts melt
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Oh, when I write (when I write the book),
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Oh, when I write the book about my love
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(When I write the book about my love)

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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When I was young love was fun and I was so happy,
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I looked so good and I dressed so snappy
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Two-tone shoes on my feet big old smile on my face,
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As I moved and grooved all over the place
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Now I'm down in the heels my complexion is bad
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Because my love life is sadder than sad

[Out-Chorus]
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And when I write the book about my love
           F#m              D
It'll be a pop publication, tougher than tough
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When I get down on the pages all I missed
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It will shoot to the top of the best-sellers list
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When I write (when I write the book),
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Oh, when I write the book about my love
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(When I write the book about my love)
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When I write the book about my love
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When I write the book