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[Verse 1]
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  I am a mermaid that you dreamt
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  Swimming away while you slept
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  4th of July,  kegs of beer
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Baby, we had a nice time but I don't really fit in here


[Chorus]
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  You pulled me up to your bedroom
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I fell in love, I fell in love too soon
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I don't know the intention of your heart
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I don't know why it's been scary from the start
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And I don't know how you don't know how to apologize
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So I'll be almost to the ocean when you open your eyes


[Post-Chorus]
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  Oh,   swimming away


[Verse 2]
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  What's the point of California if we don't go to the beach?
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  What's the point of being friends when we're both so hard to reach?
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  What's the point of all the midnight text messages you send?
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I can't help but break in half each time you ask me to bend
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I can't help but unravel when you pull out a thread
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I just lose my mind when you mess with my head
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And I will always throw a tantrum if you throw me just some bone
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I'm not your puppy, I'm a famous fish, who'd rather swim alone


[Chorus]
B               G#m        E
  You pulled me up to your bedroom
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I fell in love, I fell in love too soon
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I don't know the intention of your heart
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I don't know why it's been scary from the start
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And I don't know how you don't know how to apologize
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So I'll be almost to the ocean when you open your eyes


[Post-Chorus]

B  G#m  E

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  Oh,   swimming away
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  Oh,   swimming away
B    G#m          E
  Oh,   swimming away
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  Oh,   swimming away
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  Oh,   swimming away
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  Oh,   swimming away


[Outro]
B          G#m            E
  I am a mermaid that you dreamt
B           G#m           E
  Swimming away while you slept
B          G#m  E
  4th of July,  kegs of beer
         B          G#m              E
Baby, we had a nice time but I can't really breathe up here