THE VERY WORST YEAR Music and Lyrics by

WILL VAN DYKE

Lyrics by
JOSH HALLOWAY

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se - cond grade, the chi - cken pox, col - lo - sal shame, I o - ver came, and I

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lived. My Alf key chain, my twin pet rocks, did not

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win me fame, or great ac - claim, but I lived. Of

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all the things I've said and done, and all the jour - ney's I've

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be - gun, for once I'm lost help is no - where near;

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This is the ve - ry worst year! My

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lived. Sa - ris - sa Hughs, Re - bec-ca Schum, they

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ne - ver cheered when I ap - peared, but I lived. These

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memo-ries that I can't es - cape, like the time I made that "Creed" mix tape, just

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can't com-pare to what's happen - ing here; This is the ve - ry worst

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Take your time and wait.

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Find your pat - ience. Find your pur - pose. Find your some - one. Find your way back.

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Find the mes - sage. Find the mean - ing. Find the feel - ing. Find the rea - son

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night you left, the days we lost, I can't ex - plain, the

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things fall through, and dreams get tossed, still I won't com - plain, it's

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not in vain, 'cause I'll live. The

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you can tell that I'll live. All these

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mo - ments when life goes as - tray make me who I am

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to - day. And if I sur - vived the se - cond grade, the

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high school bus, the end of us, I'll sur - vive all of the ve - ry worst

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