The Way It Always Starts

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It gets so dark before the dawn 
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That's when it gets to me 
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Before the city symphony of taxi horns 

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That's the way it always starts 
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Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart 

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Last night I thought I heard my name 
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Well it was too dark to see, but it had to be 
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The voice was just the same 

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That's the way it always starts 
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Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart 

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So tell me why should it have to be this way 
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Why can't it be all right 
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Why can't I sleep at night? 
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Why should it have to be this way? 
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Why must there be this price to pay? 
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   Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm 

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Now all the streets are dark and bare 
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Oh, if you can live in this town 
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And stick around, you can live anywhere 

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That's the way it always starts 
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Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart 

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