If I Could Tell Her (Dear Evan Hansen)

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Intro
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He said there's nothing like your smile sorta subtle and perfect and real
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he said you never knew how wonderful that smile could make someone feel
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and he knew whenever you get bored you scribble stars on the cuffs of your jeans
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and he noticed that you still fill out the quizzes that they put in those teen magazines
 
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but he kept it all inside his head what he saw he left unsaid and though he wanted to he 
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couldn't talk to you he couldn't find a way he would always say

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If I could tell her tell her everything I see if I could tell her how she's everything 
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to me but we're a million worlds apart and I don't know how I would even start if I 
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could tell her       if I could tell her

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he thought you looked really pretty- eh erm it looked pretty cool when you put indigo 
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streaks in your hair and he wondered how you learned to dance like all the rest of the 
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world isn't there
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but he kept it all inside his head what he saw he left unsaid 

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If I could tell her tell her everything I see if I could tell her how she's everything 
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to me but we're a million worlds apart and I don't know how I would even start if I 
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could tell her       if I could tell her but what do you do when there'e this great 
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divide (he just seems so far away....) and what do you do when the distance is too wide
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(it's like I don't know anything) and how do you say 
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I love you    
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I love you
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I love you
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I love you
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but we're a million world's apart and I don't know how I would even start 
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if I could tell her 
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if I could tell her