Castle on the Hill

Accordi Castle on the Hill

Intro:
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 When I was six years old, I broke my leg
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 I was running from my brother and his friends
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 And tasted the sweet perfume 
       
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of the mountain grass I rolled down
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 I was younger then,    take me back to when I
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 Found my heart and broke it here
                 
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Made friends and lost them through the years
             
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And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long
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I know I've grown, but I can't wait to go home

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I'm on my     way
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Driving at 90 down those country    lanes
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Singing to Tiny Dancer
    
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And I miss  the way you make me feel, and it's real
     
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When we watched the sunset 
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over the castle on the hill

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 Fifteen years old 
            
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and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
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 Running from the law through the backfields and
                   
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Getting drunk with my friends
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 Had my first kiss on a Friday night
        
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I don't reckon that I did it right, but
              
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I was younger then,     take me back to when
        
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We found weekend jobs, when we got paid
               
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We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight
          
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Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long
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Oh, how we've grown, but I can't wait to go home

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I'm on my     way
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Driving at 90 down those country    lanes
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Singing to Tiny Dancer
    
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LA
And I miss  the way you make me feel, and it's real
     
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SOLadd9
When we watched the sunset 
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over the castle on the hill
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Over the castle on the hill
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Over the castle on the hill

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 One friend left to sell clothes
          
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One works down by the coast
            
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One had two kids, but lives alone
      
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One's brother overdosed
        
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One's already on his second wife
           
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One's just barely getting by, but
             
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These people raised me
     
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And I can't wait to go home

    
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And I'm on my   way
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I still remember these old country  lanes
     
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When we did not know the answers
    
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And I miss  the way you make me feel, and it's real
     
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When we watched the sunset 
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over the castle on the hill
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Over the castle on the hill
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Over the castle on the hill