Bad Day, by Daniel Powter
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Where is the moment when we need it the most?____ ( X4 d) O- z6 T2 q& @% l" f! n- H
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You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost.___
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7 M% P: d# I3 H" g& { They tell me your blue skies fade to grey.____
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They tell me your passion's gone away,___
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* U+ J6 @% y* F9 K0 a2 P; }and I don't need no carrying on.____
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You stand in the line just ahead of the law.____
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You're faking a smile with the coffee to go.____ " ^8 P8 ]* p0 _2 l5 Z* v" F
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You tell me your life's been way off line.___ 9 V3 ?# R0 H s
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You're falling to pieces every time,____
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and I don't need no carrying on.______ ' b8 s% b2 d% Y/ b
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`Cause you had a bad day,
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# }* M8 f! m8 l3 Myou're taking one down,
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you sing a sad song just to turn it around.____
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You say you don't know,
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& E, r' d$ r( B& U- g/ [3 \2 iyou tell me don't lie,
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you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____
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You had a bad day, j+ i3 @2 `# [0 E" c0 s* P5 `* h
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you're coming back down and you really don't mind.
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$ O/ z$ R6 \4 T, LYou had a bad day.____3 y4 t& G4 Z! \/ e L
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+ o$ R. o. b) ?) J. ZWell you need a blue sky holiday.____
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7 I+ }7 @. D w' C. u6 u# LThe point is they laugh at what you say,___ - M. a# u# n: i# \, G, L
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you sing a sad song just to turn it around.____
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3 N7 Y, {9 c1 ]6 Syou work at a smile and you go for a ride.____
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/ a d8 C: w8 V }9 f" O3 E" WYou had a bad day,; e6 l) O2 x& k5 z
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the camera don't lie,5 M$ X, h& v/ u$ W, d
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3 H& Z9 ]$ o0 _- h) I3 RYou had a bad day.____ (Ooooh, what a holiday)
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8 F. O& T1 w' N0 SSometimes the system goes on the blink
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8 u# N/ @6 Z( v1 X8 j0 xand the whole thing it turns out wrong. 3 v2 ]# q. y' G' l- f' R
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$ V$ ~& Y# A: A3 \; x, h0 KYou might not make it back and you know G# D: r3 f# e1 I$ l( c
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that you could be, well, oh that strong. ) {5 Y+ Y1 }. _4 G3 T# {9 e9 B% f% ~
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0 H; k$ J; G n3 Aand I'm not wrong_____ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! s& C+ A# |" h0 b) v ]5 v4 W. J
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) U+ [! V5 {' ~3 _/ lSo where is the passion when you need it the most?___ Oh, you and I . w, d: `3 ?+ a* D6 f; Y8 \ k
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+ Z* n1 p( W- q/ v) C0 ^5 CYou kick up the leaves and the magic is lost. 7 w. x- y! c; G. x* A
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You say you don't know, 6 Y7 u T5 n. C
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you work at a smile, and you go for a ride.___ + o9 i9 t7 Q6 p' v
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You see what you like?
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' \& m7 a, g C' D: I. UAnd how does it feel for one more time? 0 A0 J( K `2 U( p4 |+ S5 h" D
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9 d: d7 x, E$ C# J+ q; _You had a bad day.___
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3 F8 P3 g4 o7 j2 a8 @ You had a bad day. Ahhhh… Had a bad day... Had a bad day... etc. . .7 F" P6 F! c% u9 l, @, B% V% x
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