[00:07.020]You learn to take your coffee black
[00:10.180]You learn to drink your whiskey neat
[00:13.300]You learn to take your shower cold
[00:16.770]And sleep on tired feet
[00:20.190]You learn to order dinner in
[00:23.160]You learn to send the laundry out
[00:26.560]You learn how to amuse yourself
[00:31.650]You learn to live without
[00:39.810]You tell yourself you’re rich at last
[00:42.870]in money and in time
[00:48.210]You draw a bath and then unplug the phone
[00:54.700]You pour yourself a Pinot Clo Du Val 2003
[01:02.760]You sit a spell a queen upon her throne
[01:07.700]You go to bed alone
[01:11.060]
[01:15.940]You learn to fall asleep alone
[01:19.050]You learn to silence ticking clocks
[01:22.390]You learn to pull the shades at night
[01:25.720]And double check the locks
[01:28.960]You learn to speak so calmly when
[01:31.990]Your heart would like to scream and shout
[01:35.330]You learn to stock and breathe and smile
[01:40.320]You learn to live without
[01:45.750]You find the coat and tie you thought
[01:48.440]you'd given to good will
[01:53.910]You toss his favourite shoes onto the pile
[02:00.470]You see him in the faces of the boys he left behind
[02:08.320]And I have been with every tiny smile
[02:13.340]but only for a while
[02:22.950]You learn to count the quiet wins
[02:25.950]An hour with no unprompted tears
[02:29.880]And not to count the deadly days
[02:33.240]As they fade into years
[02:37.330]You learn to stand alone at last
[02:40.500]So brave and bold and strong and stout
[02:43.750]You learn somehow to like the dark
[02:47.190]And even love the doubt
[02:50.150]You learn to hold your life inside you
[02:53.590]And never let it out
[02:56.880]You learn to live and die and then to live
[03:01.620]You learn to live without
[03:08.780]You learn to live without
[03:20.380]You learn to live without
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