The Manuscript

Intro
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Verse 1
CNow And Then She Rereads TheG Manuscript
Of GThe Entire Torrid AffaFir
CThey Compared Their Licenses
He GSaid, "I'm Not A Donor But
I'd GGive You My Heart If YouF Needed It"
She CRolled Her Eyes And Said
"You're A GProfessional"
He Said, "GNo, Just A Good SFamaritan"
He CSaid That If The Sex Was Half AsG Good As The Conversation Was
GSoon They'd Be Pushin'F Strollers
But Soon ItC Was OverG  F​

Verse 2
Photo CAlbum On The Counter, YourG Cheeks Were Turning Red
You Used To Be A AmLittle Kid With Glasses In A TFwin-Sized Bed
And Your CMother's Telling Stories 'Bout You On TheG Tee-Ball Team
You AmTaught Me 'Bout Your Past, Thinking YourF Future Was Me
And You Were CTossing Me The Car Keys
"Fuck The PGatriarchy" Keychain On The GAmround
We Were Always Skipping FTown
And I Was CThinking On The Drive Down
Any TGime Now, He's Gonna Say It'sAm Love
You Never Called It What It FWas
'Til We Were CDead And Gone And Buried
Check The GPulse And Come Back
Swearing It's The SAmame
After Three Months In The GFrave
And Then You CWondered Where It Went To
As I GReached For You
But All I Felt Was SAmhame
And You Held My LifelessF Frame

Pre-Chorus
And I CKnow It's Long Gone And
There Was GNothing Else I Could Do
And I ForAmget About You Long Enough
To ForGget Why I NeededF To   G       C  G​

Chorus
'Cause CHere We Are Again In TheG Middle Of The Night
We're AmDancing 'Round The Kitchen In The RFefrigerator Light
Down The StCairs, I Was There
I Remember GIt All Too AmWellF​

Verse 3
In The CAge Of Him, She Wished She WasG Thirty
And Made GCoffee Every Morning In AF Frеnch Press
CAfterwards She Only Atе Kids'G Cereal
And Couldn't GSleep Unless It Was In HerF Mother's Bed

Verse 4
They Say "CAll's Well That Ends Well"
But GI'm In A New Hell Every TAmime
You Double-FCross My Mind
You Said If CWe Had Been Closer InG Age
Maybe It Would Have Been AmFine
And That Made Me FWant To Die
The ICdea You Had Of Me, Who Was She?
A GNever-Needy, Ever Lovely AmJewel
Whose Shine Reflects On FYou
Not CWeeping In A Party Bathroom
Some GActress Asking Me What Happened
AmYou
That's What Happened: FYou
You, Who CCharmed My Dad With Self-EGffacing Jokes
AmSipping Coffee Like You Were On A FLate Night Show
But Then He CWatched Me Watch The Front Door
All Night, GWilling You To Come
And He Said, "AmIt's Supposed To Be Fun...
FTurning 21"

Bridge
And The GYears Passed
Like AmScenes Of AF Show
The ProGfessor Said ToAm Write What YoFu Know
Lookin' GBackwards
Might CBe The OnlyG Way To MovFe Forward
Then The GActors
Were AmHitting TheirF Marks
And The GSlow Dance
Was AAmlight With TheF Sparks
And The GTears Fell
In CSynchronicGity With ThFe Score
And At GLast
She Knew CWhat The AgGony Had BeeFn For

Verse 5
CTime Won't Fly, It's Like I'Gm Paralyzed By It
I'd Like To AmBe My Old Self Again, But I'mF Still Trying To Find It
After CPlaid Shirt Days And Nights When YouG Made Me Your Own
Now You AmMail Back My Things And IF Walk Home Alone
But You CKeep My Old Scarf From ThatG Very First Week
'Cause It ReAmminds You Of Innocence And ItF Smells Like Me
You Can't Get CRid Of It
'Cause You RememGber It All TAmoo WellF, Yeah

Chorus
'Cause CThere We Are Again When IG Loved You So
AmBack Before You Lost The One RealF Thing You've Ever Known
It Was RaCre, I Was There
I RememGber It All TAmoo WFell

Post-Chorus
Wind In My HCair, You Were There
You RememGber It All
Down The StAmairs, You Were There
You ReFmember It All
It Was RaCre, I Was There
I RememGber It All TAmoo WelFl

Verse 6
And I Was Never Good At CTelling Jokes
         Am
But the punchline goes :
"I'll Get OFlder, But Your Lovers SGtay My Age"
From When Your CBrooklyn Broke My AmSkin And Bones
I'm A SFoldier Who's Returning GHalf Her Weight
And Did The CTwin Flame Bruise PaintAm You Blue?
Just BeFtween Us, Did The Love Affair MGaim You Too?
Cause In This FCity's Barren Cold
I Still Remember The FiGrst Fall Of Snow
And How It Glistened As It FFell
I ReFmember It All TCoo WellAm​

Just BeFtween Us Did The Love Affair MGaim You
All ToCo WeAmll
Just BeFtween Us, Do You RemeGmber It
All ToCo WeAmll
Just BeFtween Us, I RemeGmber It All CToo WelGl Am   F​

Verse 3
The COnly Thing That's Left Is TheG Manuscript
One Last GSouvenir From My Trip To YouFr Shores
CNow And Then IG Reread The Manuscript
But The GStory Isn't MinFe Anymore