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Verse:  
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Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence  
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My father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then  
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Spin me around 'til I fell asleep  
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Then up the stairs he would carry me  
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And I knew for sure I was loved  

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If I could get another chance, another walk, another   

dance with him  
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I'd play a song that would never, ever end  
Cm  
How I'd love, love, love  
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To dance with my father again   

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When I and my mother would disagree  
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To get my way, I would run from her to him  
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He'd make me laugh just to comfort me  
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Then finally make me do just what my mama said  
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Later that night when I was asleep  
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He left a dollar under my sheet  
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Never dreamed that he would be gone from me  
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If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one   

final dance with him  
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I'd play a song that would never, ever end  
Cm  
'Cause I'd love, love, love  
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To dance with my father again  
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Sometimes I'd listen outside her door  
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And I'd hear how my mother cried for him  
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I pray for her even more than me  
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I pray for her even more than me  

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C				G  
I know I'm praying for much too much  
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But could you send back the only man she loved  
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I know you don't do it usually  
Dm  
But dear Lord she's dying  
G			C  
To dance with my father again  
Dm  
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream  

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