[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Picked up a pen and paper
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at 11 years old
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Wrote my first song right there
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On my bedroom floor
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Somewhere in the basement of my
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Childhood home
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A six strings that wrapped around my soul
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And never let go
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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I was 15 when my best friend
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Told me that she had to go
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So we filled cardboard boxes
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Full of everything she owned
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Half of then to having drive since
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...Gotten to know
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I cried in the backseat
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The whole way home
[Chorus]
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I wish I had listened
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When they told me
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Girl, slow down
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Someday you’ll be wishing
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For the things you have right now
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18 is just a number
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Love and fast cars will come
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But you can’t get back
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The moments that really count
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If we only get 100 trips
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Around the sun
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Baby, take your time and
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Walk instead of run
[Verse 2]
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20 passed that boy had me falling
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Fast and free
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Coming undone at his velvet touch
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I miss so much in the backseat
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It broke my heart breaking his
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When I left for Tennessee
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Cause he knew I’d never choose him
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Over chasing down my dreams
[Chorus]
F#m D
I wish I had listened
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When they told me
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Girl, slow down
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Someday you’ll be wishing
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For the things you have right now
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21 is just a number
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I know you could use a cold one
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But you can’t get back
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The moments that really count
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If we only get 100 trips
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Around the sun
D A
Baby, take your time and
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Walk instead of run
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Someday I’ll be 80
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Sitting in a rocking chair
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Telling my babies
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Babies about why I have grey hair
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If they ask me what’s one thing
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You wish you know at our age
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I’ll look them in the eyes
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And say
[Bridge]
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Promise me you’ll listen
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When I tell you to slow down
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Cause someday you’ll be wishing
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For the things you have right now
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Age is just a number
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But time flies faster
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Than you think it does
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And you can’t get back the moments
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That really count
D A E
If we only get 100 trips
F#m
Around the sun
D A
Baby, take your time and
E A
Walk instead of run
[Outro]
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