Dust falls on the empty halls of my old school
Where the memories fade like the casualty a
Forgotten fool

Now wide-eyed has become the blind
Unspoken rule
Deeper only deep is now the word

The lesson's not the answer you once heard
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Don't turn your back on me

Don't ever let me down
She said I picked you up each time
Before you hit the ground

Your selfish face is now erased
When someone mentions you
And the darkness that you left

Has all but stepped aside
Will disappearing in clouds the sun arrives
Within a mile of home

Within a mile of home
Worry o my worry has it been that long
The whistle keeps on blowin but the tunes

Long gone
His empty frame cannot explain there's
Nothing left inside

So sing to me a song from yesterday
When laughter filled the tears that we
Now make

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So sing to me, sing me a song, a song
From yesterday

And when the laughter turned drank these tears before
The promises that now slip away
Don't turn your back on me

Don't turn your back on me
Don't ever let me down
We are within a mile

We are within a mile
Within a mile of home