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Em
And there's three, count 'em
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three Children playing on the
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beach, They were eager to learn,
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To be taught and to teach
Verse 2
Em
There's Veronica She's biting her lip As she
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watches the waves turn white at the tip
Em
And there's Vada, Radiating with joy And luckily
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she still can't stand the sight of a boy
Em
And lastly there's Dade His hair dances in the wind
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And he's wondering what love is
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And why it has to end
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And he can't understand
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C
How everyone goes on
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breathing when true love ends
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His mother whispers quietly...
Em
Heaven's not a place that you go when you die
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It's that moment in life when
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you actually feel alive
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So live for the moment
Em Em
And take this advice, live by every word
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Love is just a hoax so
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forget anything that you have heard
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And live for the moment now
Verse X1
There's Veronica
She's licking her lips
As she waits for her real, first passionate kiss
And there's Vada
Can't admit her jealousy
Of her sister Veronica, and how she's so pretty (and how she's so pretty)
Lastly there's Dade
Still sitting on the dock
Ponders his life, and he skips his rocks
And he wonders when his father will return
But he's not coming back
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Verse X1
Em
But the sad thing Is that they never lived passed the
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age of fifteen Due to neglect
from their mother Who was bed ridden by
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her ex-lover, their father
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She didn't even notice, or pay much attention
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As the tide came in and swept her three into the ocean
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Now all her advice,
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it seems useless
Chorus X1 …live by every word, “loves’s completely real, so forget…”
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