Vanessa Carlton – The One (Ukulele)

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Holiday and I come home 

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I hope to see this boy I know 

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I can't wait for us to be alone 

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flipping through the radio 

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we sing along to the indie show 

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the songs they play mean more than i can say 

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And the tape I made you 

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hope you think of me when it plays through 

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feel kind of sad now that it's done 

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and you think my times were free 

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all the ways you say to me 

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sweet versions of let's wait and see 

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but you're always a golden boy 

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and I'm the girl that you enjoy 

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my parents say isnt he a gifted son 

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time is always passing by 

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and still I have to wonder why 

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you can't come to tell me I'm the one 

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summer goes and we have grown 

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we have our friends live on our own 

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still I'm not the girl you want me to be 

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say gravity can bend the time 

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funny I always liked your mind 

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but this whole thing is crushing me 

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but you're always a golden boy 

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in this girl's heart that you destroy

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you smile at me then have your fun

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time is always passing by

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still I give you another try

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and hope that you will see that im the one 

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you say your scared 

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to get too close

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come lets see how it goes 

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I see you now at the show 

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The 7th in the 7th row 

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now you look at me 

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and see what I've known for so long 

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sad that you can be so lovely and so wrong 

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came to say that I've moved 

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I see your face you dont approve 

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guess you could say that I'm already gone 

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but you'll always be my golden boy 

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I'm the summer girl that you enjoyed 

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some melodies are best left undone 

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I feel the time pass away 

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but in my songs you'll always stay 

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I don't need you to tell me I'm the one 

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I don't need you to tell me I'm the one. 

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you'll never know that I was the one.