I've been livin in a room without windows
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Away from the sun, no oxygen
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I couldn't tell if it was day or night
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Away from the sun, growing nowhere fast
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Rushing along on the pavement
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Don't even look at the people's faces, going places
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When an old man said stop
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You nearly stepped on a flower
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Growing through the cracks
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And you didn't even notice
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[Chorus:]
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Wake up smell the roses
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Life is happening and you don't know it
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Wake up, take a moment
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Grab it in your hands... and own it
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I realise our love is like that flower
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Been neglecting the thing most precious to me
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You've been talking but I haven't been listening
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The static in the noise been drowning you out
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I so wanna be in the future
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That I keep tripping
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Over my own shoe laces
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In these human races
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And i'm brought back to now
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And the volume goes down
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There's peace in his words as loud as a shout sayin'
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[Chorus]
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He says
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[Chorus]
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Like your birthday I forgot
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I was with you
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But I was not... really there
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Snap your fingers, that's your life
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Not gonna let it pass my by no
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When an old man said stop
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You nearly stepped on a flower
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Growing
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Through the cracks
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And you didn't even notice
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[Chorus]
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Smell The Roses
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Natasha Bedingfield |