Please Speak Well of Me

I've been away a year and a day
You recognize love after the fact
You did what you did and that was that

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Don't say words that you don't mean
When I'm gone, please speak well of me

Looking back now
I only wish I had been kinder
Did I ever know love, did I ever know love?
And could I have been blinder?

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Don't hold back all your love for someday,
For someday

I would say that I'm sorry if it would do any good
But to never regret means you have to forget
And I don't think that I could

Don't say words that you don't mean
When I'm gone, when I'm gone, when I'm gone
Please speak well of me