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Before You Left Lyrics by Deana Carter

Southern Way of Life

2013

I tried to stop you but you’re already gone
If I could catch you and tell you I was wrong
Maybe my whole world wouldn’t fall apart
Maybe you’d open up your broken heart
What have I done?
How could I let something so beautiful
Slip through my hands
Now all I've got is all of this regret
I thought I wanted to leave
But that was before you left
I didn’t always love you the best that I knew how
That’s the thing about the quiet, I can hear you now
I didn’t know how much a heart could take
Till I watched you walk away
What have I done?
How could I let something so beautiful
Slip through my hands
Now all I've got is all of this regret
I thought I wanted to leave
But that was before you left
What have I done?
How could I let something so beautiful
Slip through my hands
Now all I've got is all of this regret
I thought I wanted to leave
But that was before you left
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Deana Carter

Deana Carter

About “Before You Left” by Deana Carter

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"Before You Left" is credited to Deana Carter. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Before You Left" appears on "Southern Way of Life" in 2013.

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