Verse 1:
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If I leave tomorrow, would you be alright?
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Would you be filled with sorrow?
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Would you put up a fight?
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How can I protect you when I don't feel alright?
Chorus:
E Eb7
If I just vanished, do you think you'd manage?
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Or would you disappear right beside me?
E Eb7
Do you think you're ready when I go unsteady?
B Dbm7
Lover, please prepare for my absence
Verse 2:
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If I left the country, would you search and search?
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Or would you give up easy and find me in the dirt?
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Would I live forever?
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Or blend right into earth?
Chorus:
E Eb7
If I just vanished, do you think you'd manage?
B Dbm7
Or would you disappear right beside me?
E Eb7
Do you think you're ready when I go unsteady?
B Dbm7
Lover, please prepare for my absence
Bridge:
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G#sence makes the heart grow stronger
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Pray my baby will not squander everything to gain by my leaving
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And if I can return the favor
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Pray my baby always savors every moment we were both present
Chorus:
E Eb7
'Cause if I just vanished, do you think you'd manage?
B Dbm7
Or would you disappear right beside me?
E Eb7
Do you think you're ready when I go unsteady?
B Dbm7
Lover, please prepare for my absence
