Build Around Your Heart A Wall

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In a vacant old park I watched from 
the dark
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The old church was on fire, I buried
 my lighter
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So no one could tell I was runnin'
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God forgive me but he had it comin'

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She was barely fifteen, midwest town
 sleepy scene
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I was two grades above her, 
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completely in love with her
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One look from those eyes I was done 
in
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God forgive me but he had it 
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coming

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It was deadly crooked fangs
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When outside a church bell clangs
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Well rise and fall curtain call
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Build around your heart a wall
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Of brick and stone both thick and 
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tall
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Build around your heart a wall

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With my hand on her head, in her 
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hospital bed
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And the secret she kept that would 
Fm
lead to her death
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Well that fucker he took what he 
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wanted
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And I promised he'd get what was 
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coming

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Well she never made a sound
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When he pushed her to the ground
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Well rise and fall curtain call
F      Dm                 G
Build around your heart a wall
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Of brick and stone both thick and 
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tall
F      C          G       C
Build around your heart a wall

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I tried to keep breathing as the 
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last car was leaving
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Drank myself courageous, crept 
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behind the stage
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Toward the target for which I was 
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gunnin'
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God forgive me but he had it 
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coming

       Dm             G
It was deadly crooked fangs
        C      E7          Am
When outside a church bell clangs
     F        C    G       Am
Well rise and fall curtain call
F      Dm                 G
Build around your heart a wall
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Of brick and stone both thick and 
Am
tall
F      C          G       C
Build around your heart a wall
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Build around your heart a wall