Innocence Lost

Susan Ashton



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Gone away, the days of wish and wondering

     Bbmaj7		      Eb/Bb

Far away, like a vision in my mind

     Gm	      F#dim	Eb	       Bb/D

The child has grown and left me here alone

Cm7			        Eb/F

Looking back to what was left behind



Lullabyes and pennies in a wishing well

Sad goodbyes to friends of make believe

A love so pure, a treasure

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Now buried in the sea of me



Refrain:

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Milton lost his paradise, Dorothy lost her way

Cm7		 Gm7	 Cm7		 Cm7/F

Vincent lost his sanity, Thomas lost his faith

Eb		Bb/D	     Cm7	       Gm7

Hoover lost the second time, Sigmund lost his friend

Cm7	       Gm7	      Cm7      /F     Bbmaj7 Eb/Bb Bbmaj7 Eb/Bb

Me, I lost my innocence and I want it back again



A tug-of-war is going on inside of me

A calloused heart that wants to make a change

While time prevails fighting tooth and nail

Keeping me set in my ways



Marco found the orient, Gepetto found his boy

Lincoln found a unity that Lee could not destroy

Lindy found the other side, Gershwin found the stage

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Me, I found a stubborness that seems to grow with age



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As I dream of where I'll go, may I learn from where I've gone

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And take the memories that I hold into tomorrow



REFRAIN

  Cm7		Gm7		 Cm7	  /F	Gm7

...me I lost my innocence, and I want it back again

  Ab2		Cm7	    /F		 Bbmaj7 Eb/Bb Bbmaj7 Eb/Bb Bb

I had it once before and I want it back again







Words and music by Karey & Wayne Kirkpatrick

© 1992 Emily Boothe, Inc./Magic Beans Music (BMI)