if i were brave
artist: shawn colvin
CD: a few small repairs

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all the happy couples on their way to new orleans
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reminding me of when we used to get along
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they're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams
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and dreams are what they'll have when they have gone
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could it be that i was born without a clue to carry on
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and still it is the same now i am older
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armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs
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and minding less and less if i am colder
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but i have this funny ache and it is burning in my chest
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and it spreads just like a fire inside my body
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is it something god left out in my spirit or my flesh
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would i be saved if i were brave and had a baby
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it was never clear what would come next but that's the risk
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and that's the test  and you were the only one so far to follow
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and no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest
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or how long you sit alone before you stop looking back
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it's like you're waiting for godot
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and then you pick your ass up off the street and go___
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and what the hell is this   who made this bloody mess
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and someone always answers like a martyr
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is it something you should know  did you never do you best
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would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder
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so now i ride the naught one thirty five to new orleans
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i float a mile above life's toil and trouble
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a thousand lonely lifetimes i still wait and then go on
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a clown to entertain the happy couples