How Could I Be So Wrong

Chris Pratt, Copyright October 2000

I see her smile with excitement, as she washes clean those years
Erasing every moment, that brought about her fears

The pressure of a family, the fear that she'd belong
The terror of commitment, she'd put off for so long

I thought I saw so clearly, deep within her soul
Not the hardness at the surface, where the pain had had it's toll

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	How could I be so wrong
	To believe in her for so long
	I thought there was no way
	I'd ever see the day
	When I would have to say
	That I was wrong

As she heeds the call of freedom, I just have to look away
The frightened child inside her, no longer has a say

And maybe I was dreamin', but I'd swear that I could see
The little girl who hoped for, the chance for family

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	Even as I face her, I shiver at the chill
	Smilin' and so carefree, she looks better off but still
	The warmth of my commitment, keeps me free from any shame
	Cause I know down inside me for that child still burns the flame

Solo (verse)

Now there are no traces, of that life we two had shared
All banished from existance, as if she never cared

So I stand in this confusion and watch what she's become
Could it be I didn't know her, or has the past just won

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