James

Intro 
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Hey James, youre a real good friend 
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You know everything that's happened to me, and hasnt happened yet 
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And I don't know why I let your voice inside my head 
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But when other things get up inside there, I'm further off the ledge 
 

 
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And I know that you could barely keep your head up from underneath 
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And I know that sometimes it feels like cleaning sand up off the beach 
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And its raining 
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And its cold 
 

 
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But you somehow said it all 
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Placing needle in your song 
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Oh oh, somehow said it all 
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You always knew what I wanted 
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Carolina, I guess you told me what I wanted 
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And I sit here in the canyon, and I swear it sounds the same 
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And now I'm sitting at the same country store that still whispers your name 
 

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And I feel like Im talking to you when I'm writing all these songs 
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Like its just a conversation, just you passing it along 
 

 
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And mine will never sound like yours 
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Yeah I guess they'll sound like me 
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But thats enough to get me out my bed and on my feet 
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Hey James, you're a real good friend to me 
 

 
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Oh, oh 
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Woo!