“TIME IN A BOTTLE” by Jim Croce
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do
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is to save every day till eternity passes away just to spend them with you
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[Verse 2]
If I could make days last for ever, if words could make wishes come true
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I'd save every day like treasure and then again I would spend them with you
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[Chorus]
But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them
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I looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true
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the box would be empty except for the mem'ry of how they were answered by you
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[Chorus]
But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them
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I looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with
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[Outro]
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source: Peter Tuyp