The Manuscript

Intro
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Verse 1
ENow And Then She Rereads TheB Manuscript
Of BThe Entire Torrid AffaAir
EThey Compared Their Licenses
He BSaid, "I'm Not A Donor But
I'd BGive You My Heart If YouA Needed It"
She ERolled Her Eyes And Said
"You're A BProfessional"
He Said, "BNo, Just A Good SAamaritan"
He ESaid That If The Sex Was Half AsB Good As The Conversation Was
BSoon They'd Be Pushin'A Strollers
But Soon ItE Was OverB  A​

Verse 2
Photo EAlbum On The Counter, YourB Cheeks Were Turning Red
You Used To Be A C#mLittle Kid With Glasses In A TwAin-Sized Bed
And Your EMother's Telling Stories 'Bout You On TheB Tee-Ball Team
You C#mTaught Me 'Bout Your Past, Thinking Your AFuture Was Me
And You Were ETossing Me The Car Keys
"Fuck The PBatriarchy" Keychain On The GC#mround
We Were Always Skipping ATown
And I Was EThinking On The Drive Down
Any TBime Now, He's Gonna Say It'sC#m Love
You Never Called It What It AWas
'Til We Were EDead And Gone And Buried
Check The BPulse And Come Back
Swearing It's The SC#mame
After Three Months In The GArave
And Then You EWondered Where It Went To
As I BReached For You
But All I Felt Was SC#mhame
And You Held My LifelessA Frame

Pre-Chorus
And I EKnow It's Long Gone And
There Was BNothing Else I Could Do
And I ForC#mget About You Long Enough
To ForBget Why I NeededA To   B       E  B​

Chorus
'Cause EHere We Are Again In TheB Middle Of The Night
We're C#mDancing 'Round The Kitchen In The ReAfrigerator Light
Down The StEairs, I Was There
I Remember BIt All Too C#mWell A​

Verse 3
In The EAge Of Him, She Wished She WasB Thirty
And Made BCoffee Every Morning In AA Frеnch Press
EAfterwards She Only Atе Kids'B Cereal
And Couldn't BSleep Unless It Was In HerA Mother's Bed

Verse 4
They Say "EAll's Well That Ends Well"
But BI'm In A New Hell Every TC#mime
You Double-ACross My Mind
You Said If EWe Had Been Closer InB Age
Maybe It Would Have Been C#mFine
And That Made Me AWant To Die
The IEdea You Had Of Me, Who Was She?
A BNever-Needy, Ever Lovely C#mJewel
Whose Shine Reflects On AYou
Not EWeeping In A Party Bathroom
Some BActress Asking Me What Happened
C#mYou
That's What Happened: AYou
You, Who ECharmed My Dad With Self-EBffacing Jokes
C#mSipping Coffee Like You Were On A LAate Night Show
But Then He EWatched Me Watch The Front Door
All Night, BWilling You To Come
And He Said, "C#mIt's Supposed To Be Fun...
ATurning 21"

Bridge
And The BYears Passed
Like C#mScenes Of A AShow
The ProBfessor Said ToC#m Write What YouA Know
Lookin' BBackwards
Might EBe The OnlyB Way To MovAe Forward
Then The BActors
Were C#mHitting Their AMarks
And The BSlow Dance
Was AC#mlight With The ASparks
And The BTears Fell
In ESynchronicBity With ThAe Score
And At BLast
She Knew EWhat The AgBony Had BeeAn For

Verse 5
ETime Won't Fly, It's Like I'Bm Paralyzed By It
I'd Like To C#mBe My Old Self Again, But I'm AStill Trying To Find It
After EPlaid Shirt Days And Nights When YouB Made Me Your Own
Now You C#mMail Back My Things And I AWalk Home Alone
But You EKeep My Old Scarf From ThatB Very First Week
'Cause It ReC#mminds You Of Innocence And It ASmells Like Me
You Can't Get ERid Of It
'Cause You RememBber It All TC#moo Well,A Yeah

Chorus
'Cause EThere We Are Again When IB Loved You So
C#mBack Before You Lost The One Real AThing You've Ever Known
It Was RaEre, I Was There
I RememBber It All TC#moo WeAll

Post-Chorus
Wind In My HEair, You Were There
You RememBber It All
Down The StC#mairs, You Were There
You ReAmember It All
It Was RaEre, I Was There
I RememBber It All TC#moo WellA​

Verse 6
And I Was Never Good At ETelling Jokes
         C#m
But the punchline goes :
"I'll Get OAlder, But Your Lovers SBtay My Age"
From When Your EBrooklyn Broke My C#mSkin And Bones
I'm A SAoldier Who's Returning BHalf Her Weight
And Did The ETwin Flame Bruise PaintC#m You Blue?
Just BeAtween Us, Did The Love Affair MBaim You Too?
Cause In This ACity's Barren Cold
I Still Remember The FiBrst Fall Of Snow
And How It Glistened As It AFell
I ReAmember It All TEoo WellC#m​

Just BeAtween Us Did The Love Affair MBaim You
All ToEo WeC#mll
Just BeAtween Us, Do You RemeBmber It
All ToEo WeC#mll
Just BeAtween Us, I RemeBmber It All EToo WelBl C#m    A​

Verse 3
The EOnly Thing That's Left Is TheB Manuscript
One Last BSouvenir From My Trip To YouAr Shores
ENow And Then IB Reread The Manuscript
But The BStory Isn't MinAe Anymore