This Was A Home Once

 
              Intro: Ab - Eb 
 
verse 1 
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My bedroom looks the same 
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But that is not how it feels 
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I guess the dog is now dead 
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My little sister, in heels 
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She drives her own car now 
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Wears a ring in her nose 
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Mom and dad play pretend 
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But it's over and we know 
 
 
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This was a home once 
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Now the ceiling's falling, I feel the rain 
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This was a home once 
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With so much love comes so much pain 
 
 
verse 2 
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My mother's face is like stone 
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My father comes and he goes 
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And our neighbors now they moved away to Mexico 
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Reality comes once I finally hear 
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"Son I've been waiting for this moment for 13 years" 
 
 
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This was a home once 
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Can I say something to change your mind? 
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This was a home once 
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All these years go by and I've been blind 
 
 
Bridge 
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And as one chapter ends another chapter begins 
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Now my life revolves around cliches I hated as a kid 
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My sister's still young, I hate to see her face blue 
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Though we can't control the rest one thing will always be true 
 
 
 
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This was a home once 
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Where we found our way, oh the golden days 
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This was a home once 
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Where my life begun, where life moves on 
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This was a home once 
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This was a home once 
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This was a home once (Was a home, it was a home once) 
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This was a home once (Was a home, it was a home once, oh!) 
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This was a home once 
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This was a home once