| So here she's actin' happy inside her
handsome home |
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| And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, takin'
tips and gettin' stoned. |
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|
I got into town a little early. |
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| Had eight hours to kill before the
show. |
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| First I thought about
heading up north of the
bay |
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| Then I knew where I had to go. |
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| |
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| I thought about taking a
limousine |
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| Or at least a fancy car. |
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| But I ended up taking a taxi |
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'Cause that's how I got this far. |
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| |
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| You see, ten years ago it was the
front seat |
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| Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain.
|
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| Now here I am
straight and sittin' in the back |
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| Hitting Sixteen Parkside Lane. |
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| |
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| The driveway was the same as I
remembered |
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| And a
butler came and answered the door. |
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| He just shook his head when I asked
for her |
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| And said "She doesn't live here
anymore." |
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| |
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| But he offered to give me the address
|
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| That they were
forwarding her letters to. |
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| I just took it and returned to the
cabbie |
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| And said "I got one more fare for
you." |
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| |
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| And so we rolled back into the city
|
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| Up to a
five store old brownstone |
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| I rang the bell that had her name on
the mailbox. |
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| The
buzzer said somebody's home. |
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| |
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| And the look on her face as she
opened the door |
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| Was like an old joke told by a
friend. |
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| It'd taken ten more years but she'd
found her smile |
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| And I watched
the corners start to bend. |
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| |
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| And she said, "How are you Harry?
|
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| Haven't we played this scene before?"
|
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| I said "It's so good to see you, Sue
|
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| Had to play it out just once more."
|
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| Play it out just once more. |
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| |
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| She said I've heard you
flying high on my radio |
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| I answered "It's not all it seems"
|
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| That's when she laughed and she said,
"It's better sometimes |
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| When we don't get to touch our
dreams." |
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| |
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| That's when I asked her where was
that actress |
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| She said "That
was somebody else" |
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| And then I asked her why she looked
so happy now |
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| She said "I finally like myself, at
last I like myself." |
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| |
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| So we talked all through that
afternoon |
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| Talking about where we'd been |
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| We talked of the tiny difference |
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|
Between ending and starting to begin. |
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| We talked because talking tells you
things |
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| Like what you really are thinking
about. |
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| But sometimes you can't find what
you're feeling |
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| Till all the words
run out. (解釋) |
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| |
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| So I asked her to come to the
concert. |
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| She said "No, I work at night." |
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| I said, "We've gotten too damn good
at leaving, Sue" |
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| She said, "Harry, you're right." |
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| |
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| Don't ask me if I made love to her
|
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| Or which one of us started to cry
|
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| Don't ask me why she wouldn't take
the money that I left |
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| If I answered at all I'd lie. |
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| |
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| So I thought about her as I sang that
night |
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| And how
the circle keeps rolling around. |
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| How I act as I'm facing the
footlights |
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| And how she's
flying with both feet on the ground. |
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| |
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| I guess it's a sequel to our story
|
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| From the journey 'tween heaven and
hell |
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| With half the time thinking of
what might have been |
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| and half thinkin'
just as well. |
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| I guess only time will tell. |
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