Bad Day, by Daniel Powter
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Where is the moment when we need it the most?____
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They tell me your blue skies fade to grey.____
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They tell me your passion's gone away,___# q+ {% C# w0 U9 g' u# \, r
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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.____ " E# }# h# }8 o$ P$ ?+ }
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You tell me your life's been way off line.___
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1 {$ _- Z2 J2 Q" vYou're falling to pieces every time,____ ! r" K7 C/ E9 s& R4 c4 q% ]
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and I don't need no carrying on.______
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Chorus:
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`Cause you had a bad day, $ g- M3 I2 @ m% I* U- V
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3 K M5 n3 s0 wYou say you don't know, 5 @$ Z0 u. A$ P9 ~, }
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you tell me don't lie,
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. j! c- j F: [6 B. r, @you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____ 2 F0 k, z3 c# b7 M0 D5 i# |" Z( L9 {# X
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E4 ~+ |1 Y7 M Z7 G [7 R# GYou had a bad day," J; E2 U- @: ^4 X
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the camera don't lie,5 L6 g7 |; P# L o: }
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) U6 _$ V8 u/ j( D5 wyou're coming back down and you really don't mind. 9 r& ]3 Z8 g) G" l* A8 Y6 F5 N4 J
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% d! f- H2 f) ?You had a bad day.____
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You had a bad day. # T3 ~3 h/ Y+ H6 b
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s2 }# q0 V. b6 c5 u- O& k) }3 pWell you need a blue sky holiday.____
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The point is they laugh at what you say,___
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and I don't need no carrying on._____
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`Cause you had a bad day,
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you tell me don't lie,( G1 S5 q, E/ O; H
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you work at a smile and you go for a ride.____
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You had a bad day,
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you're coming back down and you really don't mind. " ]* X9 j( q/ F0 w
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You had a bad day.____ (Ooooh, what a holiday)
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Sometimes the system goes on the blink* q+ H* k. ?. @# n1 d2 g' b" ]
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and the whole thing it turns out wrong.
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You might not make it back and you know
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# L' s% ]5 M( \# T6 Wthat you could be, well, oh that strong.
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* ^0 l Z/ t/ sand I'm not wrong_____ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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So where is the passion when you need it the most?___ Oh, you and I .
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You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost. - _# Y3 c( r' ]
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`Cause you had a bad day,
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you're taking one down,
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8 \, r1 w* h8 g2 c, c& G( ]you sing a sad song just to turn it around.____
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You say you don't know,
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you tell me don't lie," F) `& m. L. b4 [2 ^+ Z
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5 O8 ^7 q. `- wyou work at a smile, and you go for a ride.___
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You had a bad day.
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You see what you like?
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And how does it feel for one more time?
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You had a bad day.___ ! ^# o3 W( a+ E6 D1 E' L
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You had a bad day. Ahhhh… Had a bad day... Had a bad day... etc. . .
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