Like My Father

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I can’€™t help but be like my father
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But I’ve never been in a place like
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 this before
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To watch his eyes fill with water
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To years to the day since he last 
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saw my mother
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And now that he lives here alone
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Is the love they had all but gone
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It’s better to have it and leave it
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Then never to have it and need it
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 at all


[Bridge]
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Is life, my love, such a bitter 
thing?
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Well I can’t comprehend what I’m 
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seeing
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That this man that I hold over 
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everything
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Even he’s weak


[Chorus]
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So tell me what you want to be, 
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and anything you want to see
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Anywhere you want to go and I’ll go
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 with you now
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I’ve seen mortality bring a 
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stronger man to his knees
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And I’m not inclined to just wait 
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around
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When we were young we could be 
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anything that we wanted to be
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With the world at our feet
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But I just want to be me


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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I can’t help but be like my father
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But I’ve never been in a place like
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 this before
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To have my eyes fill with water
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To years to the day since I last 
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saw my love
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And now that I’m left here alone
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Is the love we shared all but gone
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If someone loves you and leaves you
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Well how do you know if their love 
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lives on?


[Bridge]
     Am       C            F
Is life, my love, such a bitter 
thing?
        Am         C           
Well I can’t comprehend what I’m 
    F
seeing
          Am          C      
That this man that I hold over 
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everything
           E
Even he’s weak


[Chorus]
     F               C            
So tell me what you want to be, 
               G
and anything you want to see
                      Am           
Anywhere you want to go and I’ll go
              F
 with you now
           C                       
I’ve seen mortality bring a 
       G
stronger man to his knees
             Am                  
And I’m not inclined to just wait 
  F
around
               C              
When we were young we could be 
     G                      Am
anything that we wanted to be
                       F
With the world at our feet
C                      G
But I just want to be me


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