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You can put 'em on the counter, there with all the other flowers
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And help me figure out how to turn off this TV
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I'm glad you made the visit, and if you think you have a minute
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You should sit and talk until it's time to leave
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Is my granddaughter Ruthie still working at the movies?
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Does she still let all her boyfriends in for free?
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Does she still stare out of the front door as she's serving people popcorn
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And talk about how nice today was supposed to be?
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Oh oh oh oh oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
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Oh oh oh oh oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
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Did you notice walking over at the house down at the corner
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There's a dog behind a window that doesn't move
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I've seen him staring in the mornings, I've seen him staring in the evenings
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As if time stops until his master's in the room
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Oh oh oh oh oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
D#m F# G# F# C#
Oh oh oh oh oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
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Some nights get worse than others, and I start thinking about your mother
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And she's here with me as far as I can tell
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As if the world revealed its secret and it's asking me to keep it
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Like a kid that hears the ocean in a shell
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And that's the love that I came to bear witness to
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And the love I'm taking with me when I go
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Oh oh oh oh oh,
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Oh oh oh oh oh,
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Oh oh oh oh oh, that's the love that I came to bear witness to
D#m F# G# F# C#
Oh oh oh oh oh, and the love I'm taking with me when I go
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And the love I'm taking with me when I go