Little Boys Dont Keep Chords

[Verse 1]
 
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It must be half past two, I'm fast asleep and right on que, the baby in the next room is crying out.
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We both agreed we wanted kids, but can't agree who's turn it is, to get that little boy to settle down.
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So I get up and try to do my best. I hold him close and rock him on my chest. I may be tired but it's okay to
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miss a little bit of sleep, 'caus tiny little boys like this don't keep. Little boys don't keep.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
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It's sunday afternoon, the football game is starting soon, and I'm tired from working late last night again.
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But someone's feeling bored, he reaches out a plastic sword and says "Dad, can we be ninjas? Let's pretend."
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So I get up and try to do my best, fighting bad guys when I should be getting rest. I may be tired but it's
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okay to miss a little bit of sleep; 'caus tiny little boys like this don't keep. Little boys don't keep.
 
 
[Courus]
 
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No matter what I do it just can't stay. I close my eyes and lose another day, It's hard to think that one day
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time is gonna take my kids away.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
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It's almost one AM, I sneak inside his room again, to see him while he's sleeping through night.
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I take take his little hand in mine and wish that I could pause the time, and hold him here forever as a child
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When he wakes up I'll try to do my best, to make the most of time that I have left. I may be tired but it's
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okay to miss a little bit of sleep, 'cause tiny little boys like this don't keep. Little boys don't keep.
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