Almost Lost Forever

Intro 
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Old eyes remember, as the music plays 
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Memories return, and then slowly fade 
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Who he was once, it doesn't matter now 
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What matters anymore, is what time will allow 

 
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His fingers fumble, as they recall a forgotten tune 
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A voice that once was his, echoes through the empty room 
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The pictures on the wall, tell a story so old 
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He hardly remembers, that everybody knows 


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That the money never satisfied, it brought only decay 
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And it bought the pills and the whiskey, that haunt him to this day 
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He's so thankful that his heart still beats; that he's still holdin' together 
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Oh he tried to gain the world, but he nearly lost forever 


Break 
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He attended church when he was young, but they didn't like his hair 
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And the way he sang those hymns got him a righteous stare 
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So when they started playin', his songs on the radio 
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He gave himself to the wild side, and he tried to kill his soul 


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Seems like an age ago, he got outta prison 
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And now he appreciates, the feelin' of just livin' 
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And he don't care who's judging, when he sings those hymns 
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'Cause he knows now who he's singing for, and it ain't for them 

 
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No the money never satisfied, it brought only decay 
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And it bought the pills and the whiskey, that haunt him to this day 
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He's so thankful that his heart still beats; that he's still holdin' together 
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Oh he tried to gain the world, but he nearly lost forever 

Outro 
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Yes he tried to gain the world, but he nearly lost forever