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I remember |
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The night we met |
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That night we sat |
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Entwined |
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Under summer skies |
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I looked into your eyes |
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And |
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You looked into mine |
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You said |
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Oleander holly |
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"You're not like the rest" |
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And I nodded |
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Crimson feet of Collie |
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"No one understands me" |
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You said |
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And I nodded once again |
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Beautiful and lovely |
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As if to agree that all men |
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Are indeed the same |
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My baby |
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Somehow, you said |
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The only one |
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I was different |
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Who really understands me |
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Floating hand in hand we |
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Whisper in the moonlight |
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And say that I'm |
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The things you want to see |
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Kody and her star child |
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For months on end |
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I maintained |
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Goddess of the moonlight |
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A veneer of sincere interest |
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Hold me in the morning |
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As if I were listening |
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As you relived every page |
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And tell me I'm |
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Of self-help and new age |
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the only one alive |
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That you'd read |
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And |
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Who really understands you |
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I went in for the kill |
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I'd read the same books |
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Tell me pretty stories |
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I learned to ape the motions |
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Of a sensitive human being |
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Say you understand me |
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And we were oh, so happy |
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My baby |
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But you found things to fix |
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The things you want to see |
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And I knew it was time |
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To move on |
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But I could never be |
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In love |
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In love |
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So now you have me |
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Completely figured out |
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You feel sorry for me |
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I can't express my feelings |
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I can't tell the truth |
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We are all alike |
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At puberty, I was sworn to secrecy |
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By the international brotherhood |
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Of lying, fickle males |
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I can't tell you anything |
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And I can't commit |
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You're right |
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I can't commit |
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To you |
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Hold me in the morning |
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I will always treasure |
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Our time together |
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Tell me pretty stories |
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I don't feel enough of anything |
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To harbor the kind of disdain |
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Say that you're the only one |
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That you'll maintain |
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You painted me into what you |
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My baby |
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Wanted to see |
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That's fine |
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But I could never be |
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But you will never know me |
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In love |
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In love |
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Oleander holly |
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Crimson feet of Collie |
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Beautiful and lovely |
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My baby |
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The only one |
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Who really understands me |
