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McMurtry |
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When a telephone rings in an empty room |
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Does it make a sound |
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When I get back from the east coast |
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Will you still be around |
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Well that's hard to say |
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Doesn't look that way |
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Pigeons on the sidewalk |
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Can't stay out of my way |
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Night clerk at the hotel |
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Won't give me the time of day |
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I can understand |
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He's a busy man |
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Coming off a bad day |
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I want to turn and run away |
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Quick as I can |
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(chorus) |
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And I see your shining eyes |
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In the middle of the night |
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Between the highway lines |
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And the runway lights |
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Silence on the line |
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Something's not right |
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Must have drifted too far |
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From the sight of your shining eyes |
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I shouldn't sit here longing |
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For the time we never spent |
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With the pockets of my suitcase |
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Full of cards I never sent |
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I can't fix the past |
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And the world's spinning much too fast |
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Slowly falling into line |
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Sometimes I think I know my mind |
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But that don't last |
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(chorus) |
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It might have made no difference |
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Had I never left at all |
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But I'm standing at the pay phone |
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And they're sweeping out the hall |
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And I guess you'll never answer |
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But there's not much I could say |
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You might not want to hear my name |
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I miss your company just the same |
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Everyday |
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(chorus) |
