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I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME
Writer Damon Black
HE'D JUST TURNED FORTY-SEVEN WHEN SHE WAS ONLY TWENTY-TWO SHE'D TURNED HIS LIFE TO HEAVEN FROM THE HELL THAT HE'D BEEN THROUGH ALL HER FRIENDS SAID SHE WAS CRAZY SHE MUST HAVE LOST HER MIND SHE SAID AGE MAKES NO DIFFERENCE AND IT DIDN'T AT THE TIME THROUGH THE YEARS SHE WAS HIS COMFORT OH BUT ANYONE COULD SEE THAT HE WAS GROWING OLDER AND SHE WAS GROWING FREE SHE CAME IN LATE ONE MORNING HE SAID HOLD ME ONE LAST TIME YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY IT'S OVER I'VE KNOWN IT ALL THE TIME I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME OH BUT WE SURE GAVE LOVE A WHIRL NOW THE AGE THAT MADE NO DIFFERENCE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD BUT I CAN'T HOLD BACK THE SEASONS I CURSE THE RISING SUN I ALREADY KNOW YOUR REASONS FOR I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME SHE SAID I FOUND A YOUNG MAN HE'S ONLY HALF MY AGE HE SAYS AGE MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IT'S THE HEART THAT SETS THE STAGE THE OLD MAN LISTENED QUIETLY THEN HE SAID YOU KNOW SOMEDAY HE'LL COME IN LATE ONE MORNING AND IT'LL BE YOUR TIME TO SAY I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME
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