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VerseEWrite us a sBong, they saidG#m
ETell us your trButh you've F#got nothing to G#mhide
EWell, tell them the trButh I did.G#m
And expEosed what I had lBocked inF#side
I laid it Eout across the flBoor and cG#mriedChorusF#And so it went dBown like tF#he poet descrBibed
And tF#hey reached for their chBildren anF#d covered their eByes
This was nEot a song for anBgry G#mmen
What I wrF#ote for them was a requiem
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VerseEGo on and rBun she sighedG#m
EI wish you could sBee all the thF#ings I have sG#meen
EWell, here on the oBther sG#mide it feels the saEme as when I wBas nineF#teen
I should have rEead up on my AuBgustineG#m
ChorusF#I ran for the cBorner theF# poet descrBibed
And I stF#ood in the sBun and I sF#aw myself dBie
I was Eso afraid of aBngry G#mmen
That what I wF#rote for them was a requiem
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OutroThis is somEething to rBemember me G#mby
This is somEething to reBmember me G#mby
This is soEmething to reBmember meG#m by
This is somEething to reBmember meG#m by
Remember Eme
Remember Eme