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Sara Bareilles's unforgettable performance of 'Love Song' | NEXT at the Kennedy Center

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    Head underwater,
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    and they tell me to
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    breathe easy for a while.
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    The breathing gets harder,
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    even I know that.
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    Made room for me,
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    but it's
    too soon to see,
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    if I'm happy
    in your hands.
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    I'm unusually
    hard to hold on to.
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    Oh-oh-oh-oh.
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    Blank stares
    at blank pages.
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    No easy way
    to say this.
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    You mean well,
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    but you make
    this hard on me.
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    I'm not gonna write you...
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    AUDIENCE: A love song,
    'cause you asked for it,
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    'cause you need one,
    you see,
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    I'm not gonna
    write you a love song,
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    'cause you tell me it's make
    or break in this if your...
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    BAREILLES: On your way,
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    I'm not gonna
    write you to stay, hey.
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    If all you
    have is leaving,
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    I'mma need a
    better reason,
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    to write you a
    love song today.
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    Yeah-hey.
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    (audience cheering
    and applause)
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    I learned the hard way,
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    that they all say
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    things you wanna hear.
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    And my heavy
    heart sinks
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    deep down under you,
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    and your twisted words,
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    your help just hurts.
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    You are not what
    I thought you were,
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    hello to high and dry.
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    Convinced me
    to please you.
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    Made me think that
    I need this too,
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    I'm trying to let
    you hear me as I am.
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    (vocalizing)
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    I'm not gonna write
    you a love song,
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    'cause you asked for it,
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    'cause you need one,
    you see.
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    I'm not gonna write
    you a love song,
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    'cause you tell me it's
    make or break in this,
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    if you're on your way.
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    I'm not gonna write
    you to stay, hey.
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    If all you
    have is leaving,
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    I'mma need a
    better reason,
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    to write you a
    love song today.
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    Promise me,
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    that you'll
    leave the light on,
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    to help me see with
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    the daylight
    my guide gone.
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    'Cause I believe
    there's a way
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    you can love me,
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    because I say,
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    I won't write
    you a love song,
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    'cause you asked for it,
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    'cause you need one,
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    you see.
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    I'm not gonna
    write you a love song,
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    'cause you tell me it's
    make or break in this,
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    no, is that why
    you wanted a love song?
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    'Cause you asked for it,
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    'cause you need one,
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    you see,
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    I won't write
    you a love song,
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    'cause you tell me
    it's make or break in this,
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    if you're on your way.
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    I won't write
    you to stay.
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    If your heart
    is nowhere in it,
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    I don't want it
    for a minute, Babe,
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    I'll walk the seven seas,
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    when I believe
    that there's a reason,
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    to write you
    a love song
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    today.
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    (vocalizing)
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    Oh, oh, oh, yeah.
Title:
Sara Bareilles's unforgettable performance of 'Love Song' | NEXT at the Kennedy Center
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Video Language:
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Duration:
04:39

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