Distantly In Love

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Payphones all were ringing as the 
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crowd went roarin' by
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Lovely dancers swayin' to an 
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island lullaby
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Beside the southern ocean taking 
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stock of what's to be
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Writing you this letter that 
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you'll probably never see

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But I can't help but be
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Ruled by inconsistencies
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Not unique just distantly in love

Tried to phone from Paris thinking 
things could be arranged
Continúa después del anuncio
Me and you would rendezvous but I 
found your number changed
So I drove to San Remo where the 
crazy painter dwells
Toasted our old photograph still up 
there on his shelf

Chorus:

But I can't help but be
Ruled by my antiquities
Not unique just distantly in love

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I can't be the one to fill
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Your times and all your places
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I can't be the one to fill
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Your blanks and empty spaces

I heard it from a friend of ours I 
saw in Timber Bay
You had a new lover who had stolen 
you away
That could be the reason that I 
never got in touch
May present slight problems if he 
loves you half as much

Chorus:

As I who can't help but be
Ruled by my antiquities
Not unique just distantly in love

You know I can't help but be
Part of my own philosophies
Not unique just distantly in love