Leaving is the longest word I ever learned
  In the time it takes to say it, the whole world has turned
  If a heartbeat lasts a lifetime then I've lived before
  `cause I remember standing at this open door
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  This path is not the one I'd choose to travel
  Even as we watch what tied us unravel
  And the tears fall like rain
  Deeper than crying, the loving still remains
    Neither wants to be the one to say goodbye
  And neither wants to be the one who's left to cry
  But in our secret heart of hearts we both know
  That the time for patching up has passed and it's time to go
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    So I'll be the one to pull our tangled lives apart
  I won't dodge the angry words that hide a broken heart
  And my calm fare-thee-wells cannot obscure
  That deep inside, my heart is also hurtin' so
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