Anna Begins (Counting Crows)

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.  My friend assures me,   "It's all or nothing."
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. I am not worried.  I am not overly
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concerned. My friend implores me, "For one time only,
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. Make an exception." I am not worried
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. Wrap her up in a package of lies, send her off to a coconut island
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. I am not worried.  I am not overly
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concerned with the status of my emotions "Oh," she says, "you're changing."
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But we're always changing.  It does not bother me to say

Em
.  This isn't love
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  Because if you don't want to talk about it then
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.  It isn't love
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  And I guess I'm going to have to live with that
        Em
But I'm sure there's something in a shade of
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grey or something in between
Em
.  And I can always change my

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name if that's what you mean

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.  My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."
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. But I am not really worried.  I am not overly
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concerned. You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself
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To make yourself forget.  I am not worried

         Em
"If it's love," she said,
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"then we're going to have to think about the
Em
consequences." She can't stop
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shaking I can't stop touching her and

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This time when kindness falls like rain, it washes her
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away and Anna begins to change her
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mind "These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for
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days," she says, and I'm not ready for this sort of thing

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   But I'm not going to break and I'm not going to

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worry about it anymore. I'm not going to
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bend and I'm not going to break and I'm not going to
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worry about it anymore.  It seems like I should
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say, "As long as this is love..." But it's not all that
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easy so maybe I should
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Snap her up in a butterfly net, pin her down on a photograph album
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. I am not worried; I've done this sort of thing before

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But then . I start to think about the
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consequences.  Because I don't get no
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sleep in a quiet room and...

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This time when kindness falls like rain, it washes me
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away and Anna begins to change my
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mind, and everytime she sneezes I believe it's love and
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Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

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She's talking in her sleep, it's keeping me

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awake and Anna begins to toss and
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turn, and every word is nonsense but I understand and
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Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of
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thing.  Her kindness bangs a gong, it's moving me
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along and Anna begins to fade
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away. It's chasing me away. She disappears and
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Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing.