Rick Springfield – My Fathers Chair (Guitar)

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My Father's Chair still standing there

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All alone since the long night

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Now it's three years on and I still feel

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He'll come home, we'll be alright

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So where's this healing time brings

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I was told the pain would ease

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But it still hurts like the first night

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That night my brother, my mother and I

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Were looking up at a distant star

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And wishing we could reach that far

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And back in the house

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And alone for the first time

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We told each other we cared

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We avoided My Father's Chair

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I watch my family, we hold on

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We are strong and we'll be alright

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The clock continues counting down, all the while

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And every child will share the long night

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But do the spirits meet again

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Why am I still so filled with doubt

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Is my soul everlasting

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And the far distant future

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When I knew you'd be gone

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Came too fast and stays too long

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Why do they leave the weak of spirit

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And take the strong

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When the world turns sour

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And I get sick from the smell

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And I can't find no comfort there

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I climb into My Father's Chair