[00:04.50]because of you
[00:07.00]kelly clarkson
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[00:15.70]i will not make the same mistakes that you did
[00:21.30]i will not let myself
[00:25.50]cause my heart so much misery
[00:29.30]i will not break the way you did
[00:33.95]you fell so hard
[00:36.30]i  ve learned the hard way
[00:38.95]to never let it get that far
[00:43.00]because of you
[00:44.95]i never stray too far from the sidewalk
[00:49.95]because of you
[00:51.60]i learned to play on the safe side so i don t get hurt
[00:56.95]because of you
[00:58.50]i find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
[01:04.05]because of you
[01:06.95]i am afraid
[01:12.30]i lose my way
[01:14.75]and it s not too long before you point it out
[01:18.90]i cannot cry
[01:21.75]because you know that s weakness in your eyes
[01:25.80]i  m forced to fake
[01:28.50]a smile, a laugh everyday of my life
[01:32.85]my heart can  t possibly break
[01:35.50]when it wasn  t even whole to start with
[01:39.90]because of you
[01:41.60]i never stray too far from the sidewalk
[01:46.50]because of you
[01:48.30]i learned to play on the safe side so i don t get hurt
[01:53.40]because of you
[01:55.30]i find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
[02:00.50]because of you
[02:03.60]i am afraid
[02:07.55]i watched you die
[02:09.10]i heard you cry every night in your sleep
[02:13.85]i was so young
[02:15.80]you should have known better than to lean on me
[02:20.95]you never thought of anyone else
[02:24.10]you just saw your pain
[02:27.60]and now i cry in the middle of the night
[02:31.50]for the same damn thing
[02:37.80]because of you
[02:39.90]i never stray too far from the sidewalk
[02:44.80]because of you
[02:46.60]i learned to play on the safe side so i don  t get hurt
[02:51.60]because of you
[02:53.60]i try my hardest just to forget everything
[02:58.40]because of you
[03:00.35]i don  t know how to let anyone else in
[03:05.35]because of you
[03:07.35]i  m ashamed of my life because it s empty
[03:12.60]because of you
[03:14.40]i am afraid
[03:19.45]because of you
[03:26.35]because of you
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