Extraordinary Dinner Party

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[Verse 1]
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Morning after snowstorm

Stand in the silence
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Almost feel reborn all alone on the
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 street
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It's a certain sort of stillness 
when the quiet surrounds you
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The only sound your shovel on 
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concrete

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I remember those piles from the 
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snow plows always seemed much 
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bigger back when I was a kid
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Pushed all of the snow to the end 
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of the driveway
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I was the only person up in the 
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neighborhood

[Verse 2]
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Morning after snowstorm
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I turned the ignition and I started
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 my car
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Morning after snowstorm
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I scraped off my windshield with 
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the edge of a credit card

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I remember that drive into work
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Still can hear the voice coming 
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over the radio
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Listen to our experts give the 
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best tips for the next time you 
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entertain dinner guests

[Chorus 1]
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I thought of the day in a tie in 
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the kitchen I sat and I watched 
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you put make-up on
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Thought of the day in the basement
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 when I played house
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I felt ashamed that I'd stayed in 
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my head in the same place for so 
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long
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Because I was afraid to change
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But that's not an excuse to stay

[Verse 3]
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Morning after snowstorm
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I climbed up on the snowbank and I 
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stared at the neighborhood
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Morning after snowstorm
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I think I finally understood what 
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they meant when they said there's a
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 calm after the storm

[Bridge]
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   Saw my grandpa at his workbench
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 building grandma's bookshelf
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   Watched a woman walk her trash 
out to the street
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   Father alone on the highway
   I heard the salt trucks and 
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neighbors off to work
   Saw my mother
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   Saw how history loops around all
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 of these moments and then I saw you

[Chorus 2]
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In a dress there with your eyes 
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open wide to put make-up on
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Thought of the day in the basement
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 that I played house
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And I felt ashamed I'd ignored all
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 the hands that extended before 
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and around me
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Because I was afraid to change
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But that's not an excuse to stay
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It's not an excuse