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We Could've Tried

from The One That Got Away by Ava Burnham

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Just someone I knew in school
I haven’t seen him in years
Cuz now we’ve gone our separate ways
And he has disappeared
My friends say I should tell him
I say he’ll never know
They say I’d better speak up now
Or forever let it go

And why don't you say something now
After all this time oh
Why don’t you say something now
While you still have time

But he went off to Michigan
And we said goodbye for good
He married his sweetheart from school
Like he always said he would
I didn't see the wedding
Saw pictures on Facebook
And when my invitation went out
Bet he didn't even look cuz

He never said anything
After all these years and
He never said anything
Through all the tears

Each Christmas time a letter comes
Each year another kid
Mom, who is the handsome man
Tell us ‘bout him again
He's just a friend from college
I haven't seen him in years
I thought he had forgot about me
I thought he had disappeared cuz

He never said anything
After all these years and
He never said anything
Through all the tears

But many years later
Standing on the street
a handsome man with
Eyes that shine
and could it really be?
A tap upon the shoulder
Is it really true?
I look into his eyes that shine
Is it really you? Well

Why didn’t you say something now?
After all this time oh
Why didn’t you say something now
We coulda tried

But just for a second
We're back on the first day
Our graying hair and wrinkled smiles
Have almost gone away
He says he isn't married
And I say I got a divorce
We say we could've got it right
But you were always taken of course and

Why didn’t we say something now?
After all this time oh
Why didn’t we say something now
We coulda tried and
We never said anything
After all this time
Oh we never said anything
But we can still try

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from The One That Got Away, released August 15, 2018

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