Past Like a Mask

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I was told to be a man was build defences strong 
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Keep your woman in her place and she’ll keep hangin’ on 
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Now I’ve grown to realise my life’s been filled with lies 
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A tread I’ve been hangin’ on has broken in her eyes 
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If I could let my heart be known in spite walls so high 
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I might taste those bitter tears that I’ve never learned to cry 

 #1: 
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But I’ve got a pa-ast like a mask 
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And I can see it in her face, the many years I can’t erase 
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A broken heart I can’t replace in spite of what I try  
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But I’ve got a pa-ast like a mask 
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And I sure took my time to understand 


When I was young, not long ago, I hid my feelings well 
Sometimes I let my heartaches show but I could never tell 
And now I find I’ve been blind, insensitive and vain 
Cause someone told me long ago “ignore a woman’s pain” 
If I could change the fool I’ve been, I know just what’d do  
I’d give her everything I can and make all her dreams come true 

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But I’ve got a past like a mask 
And I can see it in her eyes, the lonely nights, the endless lies 
The countless time I made her cry when she was by my side 
And I’ve got a past like a mask 
And I sure took my time to understand 


Chorus #1 





by: José Duarte 
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