Coming of age

Capo op 5

Intro: 
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Coming of age ain’t about what you do
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It’s giving in to what’s predefined
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When you trade all your dreams for compromise
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It is never what you have in mind

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One shot of happy, two shots of sad
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That’s how our lives are aligned
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The path that you chose has got highs has got lows
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But it’s never what you have in mind

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I must say that I still wonder why it disappears
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Must say that I still wonder why
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The years keep tumbling by

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Coming of age ain’t about who you meet
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It’s about the people who leave you behind
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Your brothers, your parents, your lovers, your friends
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It is never what you have in mind

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One shot of happy, two shots of sad
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We know we might run out of time
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But when it comes to living, dying is the easy part
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Not exactly what you had in mind

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I really doubt that I’ll find out why it disappears
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I really doubt that I’ll find out
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What these years are all about

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You might ask if these thoughts that I just summed up
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Are of any importance to you
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Maybe not but when things don’t turn out like you planned
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It helps to know that they never do
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Besides, if each shot of happy
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Comes with only two shots of sad
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Then coming of age is not so bad
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Then coming of age is not so bad
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Then coming of age is not so bad