DON’T FORGET ME

Lyrics by Music by
SCOTT WITTMAN and MARC SHAIMAN MARC SHAIMAN

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They thought they could dis - pose

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of me. They tried to make me small. I

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suf - fered each in - dig - ni - ty but now rise a - bove it all.

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Yes, the price I paid was all I had, but at

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last I found re - lease, and if some-thing good can

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come from bad, the past can rest in peace. So, if you

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see some-one’s hurt and in need of a hand don’t for - get me.

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Or hear a mel - o - dy cry - ing from some ba - by grand, well,

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don’t for - get me. When you sing hap - py birth - day to
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some - one you love or see dia - monds you wish were all free, please

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say that you won’t I pray that you don’t for - get me.
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But for - get ev - ’ry man who I ev - er met ’cause they

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all on - ly lived to con - trol. For a kiss they paid a

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thou - sand, yet they paid fif - ty cents for my soul. They

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took their piece, the price of fame that no one can re - pay.

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Ah, but they did - n’t buy me when they bought my name and
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that is why I pray that when you see some - one’s hurt and in

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need of a hand, you don’t for - get me. Or hear a

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mel - o - dy cry - ing from some ba - by grand you don’t for - get me.

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When you sing hap - py birth - day to some- one you love or see
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dia - monds you wish were all free, please say that you won’t, I

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pray that you don’t for - get me. There are

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some in this world who have strength of their own, nev - er bro - ken, or in need of re -

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pair. But there are some born to shine who can’t do it a - lone, so pro -
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tect them and take spe - cial care. Take

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care...
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And don’t for - get me. Please take

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care... And don’t for - get me.

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When you look to the heav- ens with some-one you love and a

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light’s shin - ing bright from a - far, hope you

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see my face there and then of - fer a prayer,

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and please let me be,

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Let me be that star!

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