[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
             
Step one you s

       
ay we need to 

talk
            
He walks you s

             
ay sit down it

        
’s just a talk
             
He smiles poli

/           
tely back at y


ou
             
You stare poli

          
tely right on 

   
through
              
Some sort of w

          
indow to your 

 
right
             
As he goes lef

          
t and you stay

   
 right
              
Between the li

          
nes of fear an

   
d blame
              
And you begin 

          
to wonder why 

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you came

[Chorus]
             
Where did I go

             
 wrong, I lost

     
 a friend
             
Somewhere alon

            
g in the bitte


rness
             
And I would ha

             
ve stayed up w

             
ith you all ni


ght
             
Had I known ho

          
w to save a li


fe

[Instrumental]
      

[Verse 2]
             
Let him know t

    
hat you know b

est
            
Cause after al

             
l you do know 

 
best
             
  Try to slip 

     
past his defen

se
            
Without granti

           
ng innocence
             
   Lay down a 

          
list of what i

   
s wrong
             
The things you

        
’ve told him a

ll along
             
Pray to God he

 
 hears you
            
And I pray to 

             
God he hears y

  
ou

[Chorus]
             
And where did 

             
I go wrong, I 

         
lost a friend
             
Somewhere alon

            
g in the bitte


rness
             
And I would ha

             
ve stayed up w

             
ith you all ni


ght
             
Had I known ho

         
w to save a li

fe

[Instrumental]
      

[Verse 3]
             
As he begins t

   
o raise his vo

ice
            
You lower your

             
s and grant hi

          
m one last cho

 
ice
              
Drive until yo

   
u lose the roa

d
            
Or break with 

             
the ones you’v

   
e followed
             
   He will do 


one of two thi

ngs
            
He will admit 

   
to everything
             
Or he’ll say h

         
e’s just not t

he same
            
And you’ll beg

      
in to wonder w

hy you came

[Chorus]
             
Where did I go

             
 wrong, I lost

     
 a friend
             
Somewhere alon

            
g in the bitte


rness
             
And I would ha

             
ve stayed up w

             
ith you all ni


ght
             
Had I known ho

     
w to save a li

fe

             
Where did I go

             
 wrong, I lost

     
 a friend
             
Somewhere alon

            
g in the bitte


rness
             
And I would ha

             
ve stayed up w

             
ith you all ni


ght
             
Had I known ho

         
w to save a li

fe

[Interlude]
        
      How to s

      
ave a life
    
      How to s

ave a life

[Chorus]
             
 Where did I g

             
o wrong, I los

      
t a friend
             
Somewhere alon

            
g in the bitte


rness
             
And I would ha

             
ve stayed up w

            
ith you all ni

ght
             
Had I known ho

     
w to save a li

fe

             
Where did I go

             
 wrong, I lost

     
 a friend
             
Somewhere alon

            
g in the bitte


rness
             
And I would ha

             
ve stayed up w

            
ith you all ni

ght
             
Had I known ho

         
w to save a li

fe

[Outro]
        
      How to s

      
ave a life
        
      How to s

                
ave a life


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