Eighteen

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[verse 1]
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I wish I met you ten years ago, 
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when I was eighteen:
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A tragic late bloomer with no 
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sense of humor, dreaming of my gypsy
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 queen.
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You would have found me on the 
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couch, playing with my flip phone
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At some house party off-campus, 
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waiting to walk home alone.
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You would have offered me a pot 
            Am                Em
brownie, when I imagine it now,
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And we would have talked all night 
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and danced to the sunrise, and I 
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would have kissed your mouth,
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It would have saved us so much 
        C
time, knowing it was always you
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On that far end of forever that I've
 been singing to.

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Forever is not enough, I want a 
Em                D
whole life through to love you
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I wish I had junior year to 
   Em                D
disappear in your brown eyes.
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C             D                  
My first song should have been 
         G        D        Em
your song. My first time,  should 
have been your arms.
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A life to love you. I want a 
        D          Em
whole life through to love you.
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I want a whole life through to 
            G       Em
love you more.
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I want a whole life through to 
            G
love you more.
[verse 2]
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I wish I met you at five years 
       Am                Em
old through a crack in the fence
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Back when clouds were angels and 
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your hair was in tangles and the 
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world was its own sacrament.
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In those halcyon flashes through 
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the hourglass sand.
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Now I only see in pictures when 
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once I could have held your hand.
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I could have saved you from your 
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parents' fighting. I could have 
                     Em
joined you in the closet hiding.
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You could have saved me from the 
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predjudice and the goddamned 
        D
fundamentalists.
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But in the time that I have left, I
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 will not waste the rest of these 
years.
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I want twenty Roman candles 
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shooting; I want twin liter beers.

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Forever is not enough, I want a 
Em                 D
whole life through to love you
C                 G            
We could have had Springsteen, 
Em             D
swim team, and blue skies.
C             D                  
My first song should have been 
         G        D        Em
your song. My first time,   should 
have been your arms.
C          D                  G 
A life to love you. I want a 
        D          Em
whole life through to love you.
         C                     D  
I want a whole life through to 
            G       Em
love you more.
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I want a whole life through to 
            G.      Em
love you more.
[outro]
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And if we come back here,
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Let's find each other first.