Don't Shut Me Down - simple version

ABBA

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  P1:
  A while ago, I heard the sound of children's laughter 

  Now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park 

  This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour 

  The sun is going down, it's getting dark  

  I realise I'm cold, the rain begins to pour 

  As I watch the windows on the second floor 

  The lights are on, it's time to go  

  It's time at last, to let him know 

   
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  S1:
  I believe it would be fair to say 

  "You look bewildered"  

  And you wonder why I'm here today 

  And so you should, I would 

  When I left, I felt I've had enough 

  But in the shape and form, I appear now 

  I have learned to cope, and love and hope is why I am here now 
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  R1:
  And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah 

  I'm fired up, don't shut me down 

  I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded 

  I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down  

  I'm not the one you knew, I'm now, and then combined 

  And I'm asking you to have an open mind  

  I'm not the same this time around  

  I'm fired up, don't shut me down 

   
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  S2:
  Will you leave me standing in the hall 

  Or let me enter  

  The apartment hasn't changed at all 

  I've got to say, "I'm glad" 

  Once these rooms were witness to our love 

  My tantrums and increasing frustration 

  But I go from mad, to not so bad in my transformation 
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  R1:
  And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah 

  I'm fired up, don't shut me down 

  I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded 

  I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down  

  I'm not the one you knew, I'm now, and then combined 

  And I'm asking you to have an open mind  

  I'm not the same this time around  

  I'm fired up, don't shut me down 

  You ask me not to leave, well, here I am again 

  And I love you still and so I won't pretend 

  I have learnt to cope, and love and hope is why I am here now