[ti:It Happened Anyway]
[ar:Billy Gilman]
[al:Music Through Heartsongs]

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[00:09.80]WORDS BY MATTIE J.T.STEPANEK
[00:11.80]MUSIC BY TOM DOUGLAS
[00:13.80]FROM THE BOOK HOPE THROUGH HEARTSONGS
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[00:17.80]When Jamie died I didn't understand
[00:24.51]The eternity of my sadness
[00:27.03]I wished I could have prevented it
[00:29.59]
[00:33.90]When I rest in bed
[00:36.28]Dream about how I could have lived and played with my brother
[00:43.16]How I wished that I could have saved him
[00:50.66]If wishing could bring him back
[00:53.53]He'd be here with me today
[00:58.99]But then, I remember...it happened anyway
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[01:15.03]When I look at pictures
[01:17.46]And imagine what he would be like
[01:22.27]Now a dozen years old
[01:24.40]I wish I could have saved him from agelessness
[01:31.75]If crying could bring him back
[01:34.56]He'd be here with me today
[01:40.15]But then I remember...it happened anyway
[01:48.05]When I think of why and how
[01:51.05]He was with us and left us
[01:55.08]I wished I could have prevented
[01:57.69]And stopped his death, and saved him from
[02:01.08]Never needing breath for birthday candles...
[02:07.47]Birthday candles
[02:13.11]If wishing could bring him back
[02:15.87]He'd be here with me today
[02:21.28]But then, I remember...
[02:26.04]
[02:29.66]When Jamie died I didn't understand Oh.....
[02:40.84]But then I remember ...it happened anyway...
[02:55.48]Happened anyway...
[02:59.93]It happened anyway...
[03:07.34]It happened anyway
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[03:24.01]END