AC
He had a black eye,
F
he was proud of,
C
like some of his friends,
D
it made him feel,
C
somewhere outside,
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of everything and everywhere,
C
he'd been.
AC
Like his brothers,
F
he emptied himself,
C
and played it safe,
D
like their father,
C
he wanted to remember,
GEm
but he almost always forgot,
C
what he was gonna say.
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Black Eye /* * * */
C
Black Eye
AC
When he'd realized,
FC
that this one was here to stay,
DAC
he took down all the mirrors in the hallway,
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and thought only of his younger face.
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Black Eye /* * * */
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Black Eye