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What Mattered Most (alternate version)

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I thought I knew the boy so well If he was sad I could not tell I missed the point, I missed the signs If he's gone the fault is mine I know, I know a whole lot of little things And even though I can list them one by one Oh, he would still be gone His eyes are blue, his hair was long In '64 he was born in Baton Rouge His favorite song is "In My Life" I memorized his every move I knew his books, his car, his clothes But I paid no attention to what mattered most I never asked, he never said And when he cried I turned my head He dreamed his dreams behind closed doors That made them easy to ignore And I know, I know I missed the forest for the trees And all I have to show, you know, when he walked out the door The cold facts and nothing more His eyes are blue, his hair was long In '64 he was born in Baton Rouge His favorite song was 'In My Life' I memorized his every move I knew his books, his car, his clothes But I paid no attention to what mattered His eyes are blue, his hair was long In '64 he was born in Baton Rouge He moved out west when he was 2 The way he laughed The way he loved Oh my god, what did I do What did I do He dreamed his dreams behind closed doors Never asked, never said