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well i'll be damned |
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here comes your ghost again |
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but that's not unusual |
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it's just that the moon is full |
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and you happened to call |
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and here i sit |
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hand on the telephone |
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hearing a voice i'd known |
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a couple of light years ago |
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heading straight for a fall |
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as i remember your eyes |
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were bluer than robin's eggs |
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my poetry was lousy you said |
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where are you calling from |
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a booth in the midwest |
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ten years ago |
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i bought you some cufflinks |
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you brought me something |
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we both know what memories can bring |
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they bring diamonds and rust |
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well you burst on the scene |
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already a legend |
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the unwashed phenomenon |
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the original vagabond |
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you strayed into my arms |
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and there you stayed |
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temporarily lost at sea |
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the madonna was yours for free |
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yes the girl on the half-shell |
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could keep you unharmed |
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now i see you standing |
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with brown leaves falling around |
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and snow in your hair |
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now you're smiling out the window |
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of that crummy hotel |
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over washington square |
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our breath comes out white clouds |
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mingles and hangs in the air |
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speaking strictly for me |
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we both could have died then and there |
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now you're telling me |
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you're not nostalgic |
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then give me another word for it |
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you who are so good with words |
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and at keeping things vague |
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because i need some of that vagueness now |
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it's all come back too clearly |
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yes i loved you dearly |
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and if you're offering me diamonds and rust |
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i've already paid |