Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I watch you reading a book
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I get to thinking our love's a polished stone
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You give me a long drawn look
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I know pretty soon you're going to leave our home
[Verse 2]
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And of course I mind
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Especially when I'm thinking from my heart
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But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track
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You come together and you come a - part
[Chorus]
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You say you hope I'm not the kind
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To make you feel obliged to go
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ticking through your time
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With a pained look in your
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eyes, You give me the furniture,
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we'll divide the photo graphs
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Go out to dinner one more time
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Have ourselves a bottle of wine
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And a couple of laughs
[Verse 3]
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When first you left
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I stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep
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I know that love's a gift, I thought yours was mine
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And something that I could keep
[Verse 4]
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Now I realize
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that time is not the only compromise
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a bird in the hand could be an all night stand
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Between a blazing fire and a pocket of skies
[Chorus]
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So I hope I'm not the kind
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To make you feel obliged to go
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ticking through your time
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With a pained look in your
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eyes, I covered the furniture,
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I framed the photographs
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Went out to dinner one more time
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Had myself a bottle of wine
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and a couple of laughs
[Verse 5]
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Just the other day
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I got your letter in the mail
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I'm happy for you, its been so long
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You've been wanting a cabin and a backwoods trail
[Vesre 6]
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And I think that's great...me...
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I seem to find myself in school
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It's all Ok, I just want to say
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I'm so relieved we didn't do it cruel
[Verse 7]
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But ain't life a brook
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Just when I get to feeling like a polished stone
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I give me a long drawn look
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It's kind of a drag to find yourself alone
[Verse 8]
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And sometimes I mind
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Especially when I'm waiting on your heart
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But life don't clickety clack down a straight line track
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It comes together and it comes apart
[Chorus]
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Cause I know you're not the kind
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To make me feel obliged to go
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ticking through my time
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with a pained look in my
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eyes, I sold the furniture,
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I put away the photographs
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Went out to dinner one last time
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had myself a bottle of wine
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Had a couple of laughs
[Outro]
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And wasn't it fine....