Playing Catch With 22

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I've been thinking back to when we used to share a drink on midnight walks.
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When you'd pretend your winter breath was cigarette smoke in your lungs.
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I'd fight the urge to give you all the worst advice about the ones you liked.
( A )
(You called it chemistry, I called it earning bragging rights)
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Knowing damn well if I told you how I felt, I'd crack the ice.
Bm
Roll the dice.
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You're just a second away from being in love or alone.
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What you don't know, is that each second you wait is a breath you don't take. It's a moment you wasted.
Bm                                                                              F#m
I've been thinking back to that night on your front step when I held you as you wept.
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We sat awhile in silence but I was screaming in my head.
( Bm )
How to tell you, if I should...
                        F#m
What to say, if I even could...
( F#m )
And if that moment came, would it simply hang forever...
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So I always try to live vicariously through my friends.
F#m
(You call it chemistry, I call it perfect timing instead)
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Watching all them fall in love, and wondering if I will again.
              G           Em    Bm       A        G
You're just a second away from being in love or alone.
Em        Bm       A              G          E          Bm              A            G               Em Bm A
What you don't know, is that each second you wait is a breath you don't take. It's a moment you wasted.
G                         Bm
You're playing catch with 22.
G                 Bm
For once it's out you've got to choose.
G                    Bm
But if you choose to hold it in,
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then where's the chance to begin new love?
                 Bm
Who knows, maybe she's the one...
              Em      G
I bet there's so many more than just the one for all of us.
              G           Em    Bm       A        G
You're just a second away from being in love or alone.
Em        Bm       A              G          E          Bm              A            G               Em Bm A
What you don't know, is that each second you wait is a breath you don't take. It's a moment you wasted.
     G        A          F#m    Bm        Em
Just falling asleep with you is enough to keep me hanging on,
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whether or not we ever evolve.
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If all that we are is paint on a wall, waiting to peel off,
     G          A        F#m       Bm
then poison the well and pour me a cup.
D
Drink up!