| Vietnam was '66
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| Two best friends take a bad hit
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| And never saw it come
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| But it’s all there
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| One was a rich boy, a doctors son
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| The other the father of a girl age one
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| Never had the change to hold his daughters hand
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| New york flat in '76
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| Two girlfriends shoot a bad fix
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| Never woke up saw heaven before it saw them
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| One was a daughter of a prominent man
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| The other the mother of a girl age ten
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| Who walked in and saw mama sleeping in gods hands
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| And she cried
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| Stay with me Mama won’t you stay here with me You promised you would never leave
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| Stay with me Oh won’t you stay here with me Mama, hold my had and stay with me Years go by, the girl’s 23
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| Had a rough go, but she’s on her feet
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| The man so rough
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| A few good years, a wedding ring
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| Wasn’t enough to fulfill his dreams
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| He came home from work one day and said i’m leaving you
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| She cried…
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| Stay with me, honey
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| Won’t you stay right here with me You promised you would never leave
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| Stay with me, whoa whoa
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| Stay right here with me Won’t you hold my hand stay with me Emergency room, number four
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| A woman cried out as the child is born
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| She stares into eyes and says
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| My life’s had it’s ups and downs
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| But for yours i will be around
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| I will always be around
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| And she cried
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| Stay with me, whoa whoa
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| Won’t you stay right here with me I promise i will never leave
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| Stay with me, oh Won’t you stay right here with me Child, you hold my had stay with me Child, you hold my hand stay with me. |