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[Verse 1]
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Don’t be lonely
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My mother told me
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Choosing lonely is the worst thing you can do
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Find a sweetheart
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Start a family
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When the lights go out have someone next to you

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[Verse 2]
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I found a lover
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Who became a mother
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A little house a tire swing a maple tree
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Hold my baby
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Touch my lady
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But late at night its just loneliness and me

[Chorus]
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And I’m, I am learning
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to be lonely
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I am learning it’s okay
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To be lonely

[Verse 3]
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Don’t be scared son
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My father’s warning
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You’ll never make it in this world if you’re afraid
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Be a man, kid
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Quit you’re cryin
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I loved my dad I needed him so I obeyed

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[Verse 4]
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Got a good job
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Make six figures
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Can’t shake the feeling that it all one day could end
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I never show it
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In the daylight
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The fear comes crashing in each night at 3:00 a.m.

[Chorus]
    G     Am7  Bm7     Am7
And I’m, I am learning
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to be scared
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I am learning it’s okay
      G      Am7 Bm7 Am7
To be scared

[Verse 5]
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All my old friends
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Were so happy
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I followed them from town to town and place to place
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I had a sadness
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I couldn’t show them
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I wore a mask so long that it became my face

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[Verse 6]
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Now its different
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The glaciers melting
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The man can handle things the boy could never bear
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It gets dark now
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An hour early
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Light my way home, Lord, that’s my only prayer

[Chorus]
    G      Am7     Bm7     Am7
And I’m, I am learning
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to be sad
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I am learning it’s okay
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To be sad to be scared to be lonely
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To be sad to be scared to be lonely and afraid
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To be a human being
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Who feels everything
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I am learning
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I'm still learning