Back To December

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I'm so glad you made time to see me
How's life? Tell me, how's your 
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family?
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I haven't seen them in a whi...ile
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You've been good; busier than ever
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Small talk, work and the weather
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Your guard is up and I know why
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Because the last time you saw me
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Still burns in the back of your mind
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You gave me roses and I left them 
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there to die

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So this is me swallowing my pride,
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Standing in front of you saying
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I'm sorry for that night
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And I go back to December all the 
time,
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It turns out freedom ain't nothing 
but missin' you
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Wishing I'd realized what I had 
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when you were mine
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And I go back to December, turn 
around
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And make it all right
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I go back to December all the time
Bm


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These days I haven't been sleepin?,
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Stayin' up playing back myself 
leavin?,
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When your birthday passed
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And I didn't ca...all, then I think 
about summer,
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All the beautiful times,
I watched you laughin' from the 
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passenger side
And realized I loved you in the 
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fa....ll
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And then the cold came,
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With the dark days when the fear 
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crept into my mind
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You gave me all your love
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And all I gave you was goodbye

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So this is me swallowing my pride,
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Standing in front of you saying
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I'm sorry for that night
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And I go back to December all the 
time,
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It turns out freedom ain't nothing 
but missin' you
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Wishing I'd realized what I had 
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when you were mine
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And I go back to December, turn 
around
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And change my own mind
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I go back to December all the time

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I miss your tan skin, your sweet 
smile,
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So good to me, so right
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And how you held me in your arms
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That September night;
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The first time you ever saw me cry
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Maybe this is wishful thinking
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Probably mindless dreaming
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If we loved again, I swear I'd love 
you right
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I'd go back in time and change it 
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but I can't
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So if the chain is on your door I 
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understand

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But this is me swallowing my pride,
               Bm
Standing in front of you saying
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I'm sorry for that night
         D               A
And I go back to December,
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It turns out freedom ain't nothing
          Bm
 but missin' you
Wishing I'd realized what I had when
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 you were mine
    D                   A
I go back to December, turn around
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And make it all right
    D                   A
I go back to December, turn around
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And change my own mind
   D                   A
I go back to December all the time