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I built a time machine, went back to '99
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told Kimya Dawson "don't cry.
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That writing you wrote where you lost your pet turtle brought surprising tears to my eyes.
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And I know that animals and people keep dying
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and disloyal friends and addictions are trying.
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But one day your ears will be filled with sad kids
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singing the songs of the things that you did
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and there's a million more reasons why you ought to live.
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Oh don't you realize how special you are?
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Why don't you realize how special you are?"
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Then I went to Omaha, March '97
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to tell Conor Oberst that he'd be okay.
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I said "don't take those pills, though your songs give me chills
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there are far bigger reasons why you need to stay.
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And I know you feel as if you don't belong
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and I know what its like when the chords sound all wrong.
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But one day your ears will be filled with sad kids
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singing the songs of the things that you did
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and there's a million more reasons why you ought to live.
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Oh don't you realize how special you are?
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Why don't you realize how special you are?"
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I'm just a sad kid composing sad songs
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about my favorite singers when their lives went wrong.
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The same old three chords played with such unskilled hands
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and words that I know the world won't understand.
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But just then a strange kid appeared in my bedroom
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who smiled and said "I've got something to tell you."
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They said "you don't know me, but when I'm hurt you hold me.
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You probably think that's silly, or you hear it everyday.
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In my anxiety you calm me, we have sat together sobbing
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you're everything I wish to be.
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Its your voice that saved me, I think of you daily
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and someday someone will say this to me.
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And one day your ears will be filled with sad kids
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singing the songs of the things that you did
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and there's a million more reasons why you ought to live.
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Oh don't you realize how special you are?
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Why don't you realize how special you are?"
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Its just C, A minor, C, F
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whatever you do try and do it your best.
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And strive to console and be good and be honest
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and one day the crushed thing might lift from your chest.
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And oh don't you realize how special you are?
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Why don't you realize how special you are?
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How smart and how lovely
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how sensitive and comforting
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how precious and priceless and special you are.
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