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WISHING YOU WERE SOMEHOW

HERE AGAIN
from PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Lyrics by CHARLES HART
Additional Lyrics by RICHARD STILGOE
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You were once my one com - pan - ion,

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you were all that mat - tered. You were once a

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friend and fa - ther, then my world was shat - tered.

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Wish - ing you were some - how here a - gain,

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wish - ing you were some - how near; some - times it seemed

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if I just dreamed, some - how you would be here.

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Wish - ing I could hear your voice a - gain,

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know - ing that I nev - er would. Dream - ing of you won’t

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help me to do all that you dreamed I could.

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Three long years I’ve knelt in sil - ence,

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held your mem - ’ry near me. Three long years of

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mur - mured sor - rows, will - ing you to hear me.

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Too man - y years fight - ing back tears,

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why can’t the past just die? Wish - ing you were some - how

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here a - gain, know - ing we must say good - bye.

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rit.

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Try to for - give, teach me to live, give me the strength to

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try. No more mem - o - ries, no more si - lent tears, no more

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gaz - ing a - cross the wast - ed years. Help me
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say good - bye. Help me say good - bye!

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