October

	  		

 

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On a day just like this on the ocean four years  
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ago now 
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The wind was to strong the waves were to big  
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three young men were thrown of the bow 
    Fmaj7 
and I was at home they were fighting towards  
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mother earth 
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and two of them died only twenty years after  
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their birth 
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in october oh 

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And the last of the three was left hopelessly  
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crying for help 
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The wind was screaming but the silence was 
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stronger as he stood with his feet in the kelp 
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The sun was still up but it was night time when  
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I heard who died 
          
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I only knew eric cause one time he gave me a  
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ride 
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in october oh 

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Now I didn't know him well but I liked him he  
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was one of those guys 
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that everyone knew either liked him or not  
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cause there were no sign of lies in his eyes 
Fmaj7 
I was seventeen years old the last time he  
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spoke to me 
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Now I'm twenty one and I'm older than he'll  
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ever be 
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in october oh 

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My father is his mothers cousin so that makes 
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us kin 
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I remember those family dinners and the old  
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peoples funerals again and again 
Fmaj7 
so strange looking round in the crowd when he 
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wouldn't be found 
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oh the look on the face of his brother when  
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they lowered him down 
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in october oh 

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October is the best turns roads into beautiful  
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trails 
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The rime on the windows the leafs on your coat 
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the frost on the cars and the rails 
Fmaj7 
Still out on the ocean those memories are  
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bringing me down 
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but I've heard there's a symphony playing you 
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to sleep when you drown 
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October again and again