| I got your address from the phone book at the library
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| Wandered in, looked you up and you were there
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| Weird that you’ve been living, maybe, 2 miles away for the best part of 20 years
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| You must be, what, in your early forties now
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| If I remember
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| You were born in June or was it May?
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| Eisenhower was the president although it may have been JFK
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| Years of silence
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| Not enough who could blame us giving up?
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| Above the quiet, there’s a buzz
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| That’s me trying
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| You still working in that store on ventura?
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| You still going with… no, that’s not fair
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| I know I haven’t been the very best of dads
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| I’ll hold my hand up there
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| The reason that I’m writing is that I’d like for us to meet
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| Get a little daughter dad action going soon
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| We can put things behind us
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| Eat some pizza, drink some beer
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| Y-you still see your sister Lemli?
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| Bring her, too
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| Years of silence, not enough
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| Who could blame us giving up?
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| Above the quiet, there’s a buzz
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| That’s me trying
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| But I don’t want to talk about any of that bad stuff
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| Why I missed out on your wedding and your high school graduation
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| I’d like to explain, but I can’t
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| So let’s keep things neutral
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| Stick to topics that won’t bug us
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| How 'bout this?
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| Let’s choose a book and we’ll read it before we meet
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| Then we can sit down at a restaurant
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| Have a look at the menu and talk about it while we eat
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| See… if we never had a problem
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| Then that’s what life would be like
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| Easy
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| Uncomplicated
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| Cool
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| So let’s just pretend that the past didn’t happen
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| I don’t really like thriller as well
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| I don’t want to know if I’ve got grandchildren
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| No need to tell me where I went wrong
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| I don’t want to know what happened in your thirties
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| You wanna try «Cold Mountain»?
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| Or is that too long?
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| Years of silence, not enough
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| Who could blame us giving up?
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| Above the quiet there’s a buzz
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| That’s me trying
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| (That's me trying)
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| That’s me trying
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| (That's me trying)
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| (I'm trying)
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| Above the quiet, there’s a buzz
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| (I'm trying) |