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| Everybody says you | shouldn't cry |
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| every | body's | standing by |
| D | |
| and everybody's gonna | roll their eyes |
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| if you | ever d | o |
| A | D | |
| everybody says it's | not too late |
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| and you can | still par | ticipate |
| D | |
| you take every | body's bait |
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| and everybody | laughs at | you |
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| they'll leave you | crying all a | lone |
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| they'll say they | wouldn't have if | they had only | known |
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| but | you see the reality behind their indulgent | stares-- |
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| everybody knows you're | crying |
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| no one ever really | cares |
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| everybody thinks you're a | little slow |
| E | A | |
| every | one wants | you to know |
| D | |
| they went through the same thing | long ago |
| E | A | |
| and it wasn't that | hard to | do |
| A | D | |
| everybody says they | sympathize |
| E | A | |
| you stand | by while | they describe |
| D | |
| someone you don't even | recognize |
| E | A | |
| that's supposed to | look like | you |
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| but they | never can ex | plain |
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| how to | live with such spec | tacular | pain |
| A | |
| and | when you're at your weakest |
| D | |
| they advise you to be | strong |
| A | E | |
| everybody says they've | been there |
| D | A | E | |
| everybody must be | wrong |
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| ooh ooh ooh | ooh | everybody knows you're | crying |
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| they send their | love |
| and love is loud |
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| they feel it's | greatly to their | credit |
| E | |
| and they're | proud |
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| of their com | passion, |
| D | |
| and it's | true |
| A | E | |
| but it doesn't have a | lot to do with | you |
| A | |
| and you | can't escape the conclusion |
| D | |
| though you don't like what it | was: |
| A | E | |
| everybody says they | love you, |
| D | A | E | |
| no one ever really | does. |
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| ooh ooh ooh | ooh | everybody knows you're | crying |
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| everybody knows you're | crying |
| A | E | D | A | |
| everybody knows you're | crying |