The Manuscript

Intro
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Verse 1
GNow And Then She Rereads TheD Manuscript
Of DThe Entire Torrid AffaCir
GThey Compared Their Licenses
He DSaid, "I'm Not A Donor But
I'd DGive You My Heart If YouC Needed It"
She GRolled Her Eyes And Said
"You're A DProfessional"
He Said, "DNo, Just A Good SCamaritan"
He GSaid That If The Sex Was Half AsD Good As The Conversation Was
DSoon They'd Be Pushin'C Strollers
But Soon ItG Was OverD  C​

Verse 2
Photo GAlbum On The Counter, YourD Cheeks Were Turning Red
You Used To Be A EmLittle Kid With Glasses In A TCwin-Sized Bed
And Your GMother's Telling Stories 'Bout You On TheD Tee-Ball Team
You EmTaught Me 'Bout Your Past, Thinking YourC Future Was Me
And You Were GTossing Me The Car Keys
"Fuck The PDatriarchy" Keychain On The GEmround
We Were Always Skipping CTown
And I Was GThinking On The Drive Down
Any TDime Now, He's Gonna Say It'sEm Love
You Never Called It What It CWas
'Til We Were GDead And Gone And Buried
Check The DPulse And Come Back
Swearing It's The SEmame
After Three Months In The GCrave
And Then You GWondered Where It Went To
As I DReached For You
But All I Felt Was SEmhame
And You Held My LifelessC Frame

Pre-Chorus
And I GKnow It's Long Gone And
There Was DNothing Else I Could Do
And I ForEmget About You Long Enough
To ForDget Why I NeededC To   D       G  D​

Chorus
'Cause GHere We Are Again In TheD Middle Of The Night
We're EmDancing 'Round The Kitchen In The RCefrigerator Light
Down The StGairs, I Was There
I Remember DIt All Too EmWellC​

Verse 3
In The GAge Of Him, She Wished She WasD Thirty
And Made DCoffee Every Morning In AC Frеnch Press
GAfterwards She Only Atе Kids'D Cereal
And Couldn't DSleep Unless It Was In HerC Mother's Bed

Verse 4
They Say "GAll's Well That Ends Well"
But DI'm In A New Hell Every TEmime
You Double-CCross My Mind
You Said If GWe Had Been Closer InD Age
Maybe It Would Have Been EmFine
And That Made Me CWant To Die
The IGdea You Had Of Me, Who Was She?
A DNever-Needy, Ever Lovely EmJewel
Whose Shine Reflects On CYou
Not GWeeping In A Party Bathroom
Some DActress Asking Me What Happened
EmYou
That's What Happened: CYou
You, Who GCharmed My Dad With Self-EDffacing Jokes
EmSipping Coffee Like You Were On A CLate Night Show
But Then He GWatched Me Watch The Front Door
All Night, DWilling You To Come
And He Said, "EmIt's Supposed To Be Fun...
CTurning 21"

Bridge
And The DYears Passed
Like EmScenes Of AC Show
The ProDfessor Said ToEm Write What YoCu Know
Lookin' DBackwards
Might GBe The OnlyD Way To MovCe Forward
Then The DActors
Were EmHitting TheirC Marks
And The DSlow Dance
Was AEmlight With TheC Sparks
And The DTears Fell
In GSynchronicDity With ThCe Score
And At DLast
She Knew GWhat The AgDony Had BeeCn For

Verse 5
GTime Won't Fly, It's Like I'Dm Paralyzed By It
I'd Like To EmBe My Old Self Again, But I'mC Still Trying To Find It
After GPlaid Shirt Days And Nights When YouD Made Me Your Own
Now You EmMail Back My Things And IC Walk Home Alone
But You GKeep My Old Scarf From ThatD Very First Week
'Cause It ReEmminds You Of Innocence And ItC Smells Like Me
You Can't Get GRid Of It
'Cause You RememDber It All TEmoo WellC, Yeah

Chorus
'Cause GThere We Are Again When ID Loved You So
EmBack Before You Lost The One RealC Thing You've Ever Known
It Was RaGre, I Was There
I RememDber It All TEmoo WCell

Post-Chorus
Wind In My HGair, You Were There
You RememDber It All
Down The StEmairs, You Were There
You ReCmember It All
It Was RaGre, I Was There
I RememDber It All TEmoo WelCl

Verse 6
And I Was Never Good At GTelling Jokes
         Em
But the punchline goes :
"I'll Get OClder, But Your Lovers SDtay My Age"
From When Your GBrooklyn Broke My EmSkin And Bones
I'm A SColdier Who's Returning DHalf Her Weight
And Did The GTwin Flame Bruise PaintEm You Blue?
Just BeCtween Us, Did The Love Affair MDaim You Too?
Cause In This CCity's Barren Cold
I Still Remember The FiDrst Fall Of Snow
And How It Glistened As It CFell
I ReCmember It All TGoo WellEm​

Just BeCtween Us Did The Love Affair MDaim You
All ToGo WeEmll
Just BeCtween Us, Do You RemeDmber It
All ToGo WeEmll
Just BeCtween Us, I RemeDmber It All GToo WelDl Em   C​

Verse 3
The GOnly Thing That's Left Is TheD Manuscript
One Last DSouvenir From My Trip To YouCr Shores
GNow And Then ID Reread The Manuscript
But The DStory Isn't MinCe Anymore