Penn Station (Live)

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Wide shot of hundreds of people running to their trains
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Cold lights and all the construction and the patter of projected rain
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There was two men and a couple of kids with a tear filled with pain
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They can't say a word but their wishes are all written out in the
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blacks of their eyes
 
[Verse 2]
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This was their plan all along
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They knew they'd have to be strong
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But how could they know about the love that they'd bring?
 
That in just two months they would change everything
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But as she goes onto the train
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It's so so [ABF gets a call]
 
[Verse 3]
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Thinking about buying a ticket, hopping on board
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As he reads the letters she wrote him
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She leads to pour her emotions on her way to some-it'
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'Cause all the risk was worth the reward they know
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But they can't let go
 
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Of this e  ver green sen sa tion
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That they left there at Penn Station
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[Verse 4]
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Montage of her in her car as she drives back to school
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Still shot of him in his bed 'cause he won't be getting up
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anytime soon
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They do all the textbook stuff
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Knowing their love was enough
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But feeling mature for the choice that they made
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As the sun sets on another day
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But they're just afraid that when
 
[Verse 5]
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He goes off on his own
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That he won't remember the tone
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Of their voices together
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When they sang all the music they made
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And now she'll say that he couldn't hurt her
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But she's ok with the premature murder of all of the dreams
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They were too smart to speak into promises
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They're accomplices
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It's a man-made constellation
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That they left there at Penn Station
 
 
[Bridge]
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And every night
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Through every song
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Tells them life is too short
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But eight months is too long
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 It feels like an ending that hopefully has an end
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So in the meantime, they write about it
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Like it didn't happen to them
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[Verse 6]
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So as he tries to go/grow even more
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As she tries to get back to before
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Maybe they'll understand
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That they're only running back home
 
 
[Verse 7]
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They take it one day at a time
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And that one day the words will all rhyme
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And they'll be back in space with the moon and the stars
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And the year that passed
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And the years that will last
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If they lose their hesitation
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If you still want this creation
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Then I'll see you at Penn station
 
[Outro]
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