HOW CAN I LOSE YOU?

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Music and Lyrics by
Adam Guettel
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How can I lose you? You're all that I know.

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What will I do now? Where will I go? We were to - geth - er

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now we are through. Why am I los - ing you?

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How can you leave me, leave me this way, leave me to miss you

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day af - ter day? I look a - round now, you're what I see.

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Pic - tures of you leav - ing me. No one should al - ways lose.

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Can't I find some kind of peace? No - bod - y owns the

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blues, but I have a long term lease. I

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nev - er know why, I nev - er know when. I'm go - ing a - long, it

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hap - pens a - gain. I have a blind pot for - ty miles wide.

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I have a ter - ri - ble weak - ness in - side! That's how I lose you.

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That's how I lose you.

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I was an - oth - er girl, joy - ous and hap - py and

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free. She was a per - fect pearl,

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when did she turn in - to me?

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How can I lose you? You're all that I had. What did I say, now?

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How was I bad? Who can I turn to? Where will I go?

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How can I live now, mis - sing you so? How can you leave me? You're

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all that I know! Oh! That's how I lost you!

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That's how I al - ways lost you. That's how I'll al - ways lose you.

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In tempo
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Oh.

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