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Intro

 You must have been in a place so dark

 You couldn’t feel the light

 Reaching for you through that stormy cloud

 Now here we are gathered in our little home town

 This can’t be the way you meant to draw a crowd

 Oh why, that’s what I keep asking

 Was there anything I could have said or done

 Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul

 God only knows what went wrong

 and why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song

 Now in my mind I’ll keep you frozen as a 17 year old

Rounding third to score the winning run

 You always played with passion no matter what the game

 When you took the stage you shined just like the sun

 Oh why, that’s what I keep asking

 Was there anything I could have said or done

 Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul

 God only knows what went wrong

 and why you’d leave the stage in the middle of a song

Interlude

 Now the oak trees a swaying in the early autumn breeze

 The golden sun is shining on my face

 Tangled thoughts I hear the mocking bird sing

 This old world really ain’t that bad a place

 Oh why there’s no comprehending

 And who am I to try judge or explain

 But I do have one burning question

 Who told you life wasn’t worth the fight

 They were wrong

 They lied

 Now you’re gone and we cry

 It’s just not like you to walk away in the middle of a song

 Your beautiful song

 Your absolutely beautiful song